- Bus interfaces
- See also
- References
This is a partial list of expansion bus interfaces, or expansion card slots, for installation of expansion cards. Bus interfaces | Interface name | Year introduced | Connector | Max transfer | Main use | Notes |
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| CAMAC | 1972 | Processor independent | Industry use. | | S-100 | 1974 | 2×50 2.54 mm card edge | Designed around Intel 8080 but used with other processors too | Homebrew and industry use. | | VME | 1981 | DIN 41612 | 10 MByte/s | Motorola 68000 based | Industry use. | | STEbus | 1983 | DIN 41612 a+c rows | ? | Processor independent based | Industrial quality bus, 8-bit data / 20-bit address. Eurocard sized. | | Acorn system bus | 1979 | DIN 41612 a+b rows | ? | 6502 based | 8-bit data / 16-bit address. | | ISA-8 | 1981 [1] | 2×31 2.54 mm | 1.99 MByte/s [2] | IBM PC | Widespread. | | ISA-16 | 1984 [3] | 2×31 + 2×18 2.54 mm | 3.97 MByte/s [4] | IBM AT | Widespread. | | Amiga Zorro II | 1985 [5] | 2×50 2.54 mm | 3.56 MByte/s | Amiga | Auto configuration. | | EISA | 1988 [6] | 20 MByte/s | IBM clones | 32-bit version of ISA-16 more or less. | | NuBus | 1987 | 40 MByte/s | NeXT, Macintosh II | | Amiga Zorro III | 1990 [7] | 2×50 2.54 mm | 150 MByte/s | Amiga | Multiplexed 32-bit. | | PDS | 1990 | Macintosh LC | | PCI-32/33 | 1993 [8] | 133 MByte/s | Widespread. | | PCI Express | 2004 [9] | 250 MByte/s | P2P highspeed PCI. | | VPX | 2004 [10] | MultiGig RT2 [11] | ? | Provides VMEbus-based systems with support for switched fabrics. Designed specifically with defense applications in mind. Working group is OpenVPX. | VPX computer bus standard - V -VME and P -PCI and X the extents for both buses standards. | | VXI | 1987 [12] | 160 MByte/s[13] | Multivendor standard for automated testing expansion cards. Working group is VXIConsortium. |
See also {{Commons category|Computer buses}} References 1. ^wiki: Industry Standard Architecture
2. ^Programmed I/O 4 cycles at 8.33 MHz: '(8*8330000*(1/4))/(8*2**20)
3. ^wiki: Industry Standard Architecture
4. ^'(16*8330000*(1/4))/(8*2**20)
5. ^Introduction year of the A1000
6. ^wiki: Extended Industry Standard Architecture
7. ^Introduction year of the A3000
8. ^wiki: Conventional PCI
9. ^wiki: PCI Express
10. ^wiki: vpx
11. ^[https://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=srchrtrv&DocNm=1773466-4_multigig-rt-2-r&DocType=DS&DocLang=EN/ |TE Connectivity]
12. ^[https://www.ni.com/white-paper/2899/en/|NI white paper on VXI]
13. ^wiki: VME_eXtensions_for_Instrumentation
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