Pci local bus – Asante Technologies 10NIC-PCITM User Manual
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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
Asanté 10NIC-PCI adapter 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 10NIC-PCI adapter uses 32-bit bus mastering architecture allow-
ing maximum throughput with low CPU utilization.
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Important!
The PCI bus slot on your computer must
support bus-mastering operations. All Macintosh comput-
ers support bus-mastering.