This is a partial list of expansion bus interfaces, or expansion card slots, for installation of expansion cards.
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 card edge | 3.56 MByte/s | Amiga | Auto configuration. |
Micro Channel | 1987 [6] | edge card | 40 MByte/s | IBM PS/2 | 32-bit and 16-bit versions |
EISA | 1988 [7] | 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 | 1990 [8] | 2×50 2.54 mm card edge | 150 MByte/s | Amiga | Multiplexed 32-bit. |
PDS | 1990 | DIN 41612 | Macintosh LC | ||
PCI-32/33 | 1993 [9] | card edge | 133 MByte/s | Widespread. | |
PCI Express | 2004 [10] | card edge | 250 MByte/s | P2P highspeed PCI. | |
VPX | 2004 [11] | MultiGig RT2 [12] | ? | 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 | 1987 [13] | 160 MByte/s [14] | Multivendor standard for automated testing expansion cards. Working group is VXIConsortium. |
This is a partial list of expansion bus interfaces, or expansion card slots, for installation of expansion cards.
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 card edge | 3.56 MByte/s | Amiga | Auto configuration. |
Micro Channel | 1987 [6] | edge card | 40 MByte/s | IBM PS/2 | 32-bit and 16-bit versions |
EISA | 1988 [7] | 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 | 1990 [8] | 2×50 2.54 mm card edge | 150 MByte/s | Amiga | Multiplexed 32-bit. |
PDS | 1990 | DIN 41612 | Macintosh LC | ||
PCI-32/33 | 1993 [9] | card edge | 133 MByte/s | Widespread. | |
PCI Express | 2004 [10] | card edge | 250 MByte/s | P2P highspeed PCI. | |
VPX | 2004 [11] | MultiGig RT2 [12] | ? | 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 | 1987 [13] | 160 MByte/s [14] | Multivendor standard for automated testing expansion cards. Working group is VXIConsortium. |