Introduction To The Pci Bus - Texas Instruments TM5000 Series User Manual

Introduction to the PCI Bus

The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
bus provides a solution to I/O bottlenecks on
Pentium processors. While this technology is
available on many desktops, Texas Instruments
is one of the first to offer PCI architecture at the
notebook level. The following are some other of
the features of your PCI bus:
Bus speeds up to 33 MHz and high transfer
rates. This allows for faster running
applications.
Video runs off the internal PCI bus allowing
for superior graphics performance.
High end processing speeds offer growth
protection for your system.
Your system processor operates quickly and
independently of the PCI Bus.
For further information on the PCI bus, refer to
your online TM5000 Series User's Reference
Guide.

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