Mac Pro computers come with three unused PCI-express expansion slots for adding extra graphics cards, RAID controllers, multimedia, and I/O controllers, among other options, to expand your Mac's ...

The difference is very much physical, and 64-bit 33 MHz and 66 MHz PCI slots are not new. They are, however, not usually found in consumer boards, which is probably why you're not familiar with them, ...

There are two flavors of 64-bit slots: 33 MHz and 66 MHz. Most of your average everyday 32-bit cards will work fine in a 33 MHz 64-bit slot. They won't work in a 64-bit 66 MHz slot, though. The 66 MHz ...

A motherboard's main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card, hard drive(s), ...

PCI Express, the next generation of the PCI bus, is being widely adopted in today’s high-performance PCs, servers and embedded applications. This high bandwidth protocol keeps the same software ...

A Redditor who enjoys experimenting with old hardware and ancient operating systems recently tried a small but clever ...

As the I/O interconnect world has transitioned from PCI to PCI Express (PCIe), bridge ICs have filled a critical role: to allow designers to continue to use existing PCI and PCI-X endpoints in ...

PCI eXtensions for Modular Instrumentation (PXI) is a standard that describes a mechanical, thermal, and electrical environment based on the CompactPCI standard and using the PCI parallel bus. PXI-1 ...

During the past two years, a great deal of speculation has swirled around the direction VME architecture development should take. Although newer standards, such as CompactPCI and industrial-grade ...

With the increasing number of surveillance cameras deployed around the world that are monitored via computer, transmitted via internet and recorded on hard drives, the trend among system designers is ...