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PCI Local Bus
PCI Local Bus
The PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus is an industry stan-
dard, high-performance bus designed for high I/O throughput. The 32-bit
PCI bus runs at a maximum of 33MHz, while handling a maximum data
transfer rate of 132 MBytes/second.
One of the advantages of the PCI bus is that it is processor-independent. The
AsantéFast PCI adapters is capable of working with both PCI-based PC and
Power Macintosh computers. PCI devices are also self-configuring, making
them very easy to install and use.
The Asanté PCI adapter uses 32-bit bus mastering architecture allowing max-
imum throughput with low CPU utilization.
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Important:
The PCI bus slot used must support bus-
mastering operations.
