Recently, I visited an online forum where one engineer asked for options for duplicating an existing PC-based test system that has four PCI expansion slots. His problem: Consumer-grade desktop PCs ...

Reducing the manufacturing costs by not providing for a slot which is gradually being replaced by PCI-E, PCI-X, and USB. PCI first came out in 1992. Both my PCI slots are unused. Some time ago, I had ...

PCI and PCI-X are not directly compatible, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that means you’re out of luck if you need to use a PCI-X card in a machine that only has basic PCI slots. And yet, that ...

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, ...

Specifications for two new interconnect technologies were released yesterday by the Peripheral Component Interconnect-Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), the group said in a press release (download PDF) ...

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 ...