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 | 19811 | 2×31 2.54 mm | 1.99 MByte/s2 | IBM PC | Widespread. |
| ISA-16 | 19843 | 2×31 + 2×18 2.54 mm | 3.97 MByte/s4 | IBM AT | Widespread. |
| Amiga Zorro II | 19855 | 2×50 2.54 mm card edge | 3.56 MByte/s | Amiga | Auto configuration. |
| Micro Channel | 19876 | edge card | 40 MByte/s | IBM PS/2 | 32-bit and 16-bit versions |
| EISA | 19887 | edge card | 20 MByte/s | IBM clones | 32-bit version of ISA-16 more or less. |
| NuBus | 1987 | DIN 41612 | 40 MByte/s | NeXT, Macintosh II | |
| Amiga Zorro III | 19908 | 2×50 2.54 mm card edge | 150 MByte/s | Amiga | Multiplexed 32-bit. |
| PDS | 1990 | DIN 41612 | Macintosh LC | ||
| PCI-32/33 | 19939 | card edge | 133 MByte/s | Widespread. | |
| PCI Express | 200410 | card edge | 250 MByte/s | P2P highspeed PCI. | |
| VPX | 200411 | MultiGig 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. |
| VXI | 198713 | 160 MByte/s14 | Multivendor standard for automated testing expansion cards. Working group is VXIConsortium. |
- Bus interfaces
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ISA -
EISA
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NuBus -
PCI
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PCI Express ×16 slot -
PCI Express ×1 slot
References
References
- wiki: Industry Standard Architecture
- Programmed I/O 4 cycles at 8.33 MHz: '(8*8330000*(1/4))/(8*2**20)
- wiki: Industry Standard Architecture
- '(16*8330000*(1/4))/(8*2**20)
- Introduction year of the A1000
- wiki: Micro Channel
- wiki: Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- Introduction year of the A3000
- wiki: Conventional PCI
- wiki: PCI Express
- wiki: vpx
- TE Connectivity
- NI white paper on VXI
- wiki: VME eXtensions for Instrumentation

