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 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 1991 Macintosh LC
PCI-32/33 1993 [8] 133 MByte/s Widespread.
PCI Express 2004 [9] 250 MByte/s P2P highspeed PCI.
Bus interfaces
ISA 
EISA 
NuBus 
PCI 
PCI Express ×16 slot 
PCI Express ×1 slot 


See also

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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
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