PCI bus

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The PCI bus is a widely adopted computer expansion bus standard that provides a high-speed, processor-independent interface for connecting peripheral devices to a motherboard.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
PCI 3
PCI bus canonical 3
PCI 2.1 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus standard
abbreviation PCI
addressSpace 32-bit address space
optionally 64-bit address space
backwardCompatibility compatible with many legacy operating systems
category computer hardware interface standard
clockFrequency 33 MHz
66 MHz
configurationMechanism configuration space
configurationSpaceSizePerDevice 256 bytes in conventional PCI
connectorType edge connector
dataWidth 32-bit
64-bit
definedInStandard PCI Local Bus Specification
linked to: PCI bus
designedBy Intel
linked to: Intel Corporation
electricalSignaling 3.3 V
5 V
firstStandardPublished 1993
fullName Peripheral Component Interconnect
interfaceType parallel bus
introducedInYear 1992
keying 3.3 V key notch
5 V key notch
universal keying
maxThroughput 133 MB/s for 32-bit 33 MHz
266 MB/s for 32-bit 66 MHz
533 MB/s for 64-bit 66 MHz
platformIndependence processor-independent
replaced ISA bus
VESA Local Bus
standardizedBy PCI Special Interest Group
linked to: PCI-SIG
supersededBy PCI Express
PCI-X
supports I/O port addressing
bus mastering
interrupt sharing
memory-mapped I/O
plug and play
supportsHotPlug in some implementations
topology shared bus
usedFor connecting peripheral devices to motherboard
graphics cards
network interface cards
sound cards
storage controllers
version PCI 2.0
PCI 2.1
linked to: PCI bus

PCI 2.2
linked to: PCI bus

PCI 2.3

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VESA Local Bus successor PCI bus
SBus successorStandard PCI bus
Sam460ex usesBus PCI
linked to: PCI bus
NI PXI basedOn PCI bus technology
linked to: PCI bus
Peripheral Component Interconnect specificationVersion PCI 2.0
linked to: PCI bus
Peripheral Component Interconnect specificationVersion PCI 2.1
linked to: PCI bus
Peripheral Component Interconnect specificationVersion PCI 2.2
linked to: PCI bus
Peripheral Component Interconnect specificationVersion PCI 2.3
linked to: PCI bus
VLB replacedBy PCI
linked to: PCI bus
PCI bus definedInStandard PCI Local Bus Specification
linked to: PCI bus
PCI bus version PCI 2.1
linked to: PCI bus
PCI bus version PCI 2.2
linked to: PCI bus
Apple UniNorth supportsBus PCI
linked to: PCI bus