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unusual facts about Peripheral Component Interconnect



Blade server

The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group PICMG developed a chassis/blade structure for the then emerging Peripheral Component Interconnect bus PCI which is called CompactPCI.

DSL modem

DSL routers, the most common form of DSL modem, the are external to the computer and wired to the computer's Ethernet port or its USB port, whereas voice-band modems are usually internal devices installed in the computer itself in a PCI interface slot in the back.

Efika

The EfikaPPC, sometimes also referred to as EFIKA 5200B, was based on a 400 MHz Freescale MPC5200B System-on-a-Chip and includes 44-pin 2.5" IDE, USB, serial port, stereo audio in/out, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, 33/66 MHz PCI port and 128 MB DDR RAM.

Intel Architecture Labs

However, IAL successes in the hardware world are legendary, and include PCI, USB, AGP, the Northbridge/Southbridge core logic architecture and PCI Express (the now-dominant architecture for multi-processor servers).

United Electronic Industries

United Electronic Industries or UEI, based in Walpole, MA, is a producer of advanced data acquisition hardware for the PCI, ISA, and PXI bus types, as well as their proprietary, award-winning Ethernet-distributed PowerDNA system.

Weitek

The P9001 moved to PCI and became fairly popular in 1994, known as the Viper in designs from Diamond and Orchid.


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