List of computer bus interfaces

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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
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.
  • Bus interfaces

  • ISA

  • EISA

  • NuBus

  • PCI

  • PCI Express ×16 slot

  • PCI Express ×1 slot

See also[]

  • List of device bit rates

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. ^ |TE Connectivity
  12. ^ NI white paper on VXI
  13. ^ wiki: VME_eXtensions_for_Instrumentation
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