Standards Bus Architecture

Posted by : Unknown Friday, May 15, 2015

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Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) Bus

a) The most common bus in the world

b) ISA = Industry Standard Architectture

c) It's speed is more than sufficient for many devices

Micro Channel Architectue (MCA) Bus

a) MCA also called as Micro Channel Bus

b)IMB's attempt to replace the ISA bus with something "bigger & better"

Extended Industry Standard Achirtecture (EISA) Bus

a) EISA bus never became widely used and cannot be considered an industry standard.

VESA Local Bus (VLB)

a) The first local bus to gain popularity

b) VESA local bus was introduced in 1992.

c) VESA = Video Electronics Standards Association

d) It's development was due to video improvement of PCs.

Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Local Bus

a) Most popular local I/O bus & developed in 1993.

b) It is a popular high-bandwidth, processor independent bus that function as peripheral bus.

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

a) AGP was developed in response to the trend towards greater & greater performance requirements for video.

b)As software evolves & computer use continues into previously unexplored areas such as 3D acceleration and full-motion video playback.

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