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List of computer bus interfaces

This is a partial list of expansion bus interfaces, or expansion card slots, for installation of expansion cards.

Bus interfaces

Interface nameYear introducedConnectorMax transferMain useNotes
CAMAC1972Processor independentIndustry use.
S-10019742×50 2.54 mm card edgeDesigned around Intel 8080 but used with other processors tooHomebrew and industry use.
VME1981DIN 4161210 MByte/sMotorola 68000 basedIndustry use.
STEbus1983DIN 41612 a+c rows?Processor independent basedIndustrial quality bus, 8-bit data / 20-bit address. Eurocard sized.
Acorn system bus1979DIN 41612 a+b rows?6502 based8-bit data / 16-bit address.
ISA-8198112×31 2.54 mm1.99 MByte/s2IBM PCWidespread.
ISA-16198432×31 + 2×18 2.54 mm3.97 MByte/s4IBM ATWidespread.
Amiga Zorro II198552×50 2.54 mm card edge3.56 MByte/sAmigaAuto configuration.
Micro Channel19876edge card40 MByte/sIBM PS/232-bit and 16-bit versions
EISA19887edge card20 MByte/sIBM clones32-bit version of ISA-16 more or less.
NuBus1987DIN 4161240 MByte/sNeXT, Macintosh II
Amiga Zorro III199082×50 2.54 mm card edge150 MByte/sAmigaMultiplexed 32-bit.
PDS1990DIN 41612Macintosh LC
PCI-32/3319939card edge133 MByte/sWidespread.
PCI Express200410card edge250 MByte/sP2P highspeed PCI.
VPX200411MultiGig RT212?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.
VXI198713160 MByte/s14Multivendor standard for automated testing expansion cards. Working group is VXIConsortium.

See also

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References

  1. wiki: Industry Standard Architecture /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 /wiki/Industry_Standard_Architecture ↩

  4. '(16*8330000*(1/4))/(8*2**20) ↩

  5. Introduction year of the A1000 ↩

  6. wiki: Micro Channel /wiki/Micro_Channel ↩

  7. wiki: Extended Industry Standard Architecture /wiki/Extended_Industry_Standard_Architecture ↩

  8. Introduction year of the A3000 ↩

  9. wiki: Conventional PCI /wiki/Conventional_PCI ↩

  10. wiki: PCI Express /wiki/PCI_Express ↩

  11. wiki: vpx /wiki/Vpx ↩

  12. TE Connectivity https://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=srchrtrv&DocNm=1773466-4_multigig-rt-2-r&DocType=DS&DocLang=EN/ ↩

  13. NI white paper on VXI https://www.ni.com/white-paper/2899/en/ ↩

  14. wiki: VME eXtensions for Instrumentation /wiki/VME_eXtensions_for_Instrumentation ↩