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Coming back from the PCI-SIG Developer Conference Asia-Pacific Tour 2015 in Japan, and the PCI Compliance Workshop in Taipei, it was encouraging to see the engineers’ high level of interest in PCIe 4.0.

The engineers attending the conference and workshop in general were all in good moods, I wondered if it was reflective of the quality of the food that was being served to those in attendance. In Tokyo, the PCI-SIG committee that arranged the food deserved kudos. The sashimi was fresh, the food presentation was worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant, the desserts were sublime, and, amazingly enough, there was an ample supply of food. The food in Taipei was also amazing and, even for the PCI Compliance workshop attendees, there was an amazing array of food, including an overflow of freshly cooked, shelled sweet shrimp, arrays of both western and Chinese food. It is difficult to decide which I liked best: Tokyo or Taipei. But if all the conferences in the US had the same quality of food, I would have to justify attending more conferences!

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