| If you're configuring a new Computer System for | | | | Advantages to using PCI with 32 bit include: |
| Industry, you likely have devices requiring PCI | | | | *Increased Transfer Rate: Revisions to the |
| expansion slots. The 32 bit PCI slot offers | | | | standard include increasing the speed from 33 |
| advantages over other standards. | | | | MHz to 66 MHz and doubling the bit count to 64, |
| The 32-bit Peripheral Component Interconnect | | | | increasing the rate of information transfer for |
| bus, commonly known as 32-bit PCI is a local bus | | | | your device card. |
| standard is used for attaching peripheral devices | | | | *Supports Multiple Voltages: PCI in 32 bit supports |
| to a computer. Devices such as integrated circuits | | | | devices that use either 5 volts or 3.3 volts. |
| that are fitted onto the motherboard, or | | | | *Size: 32-bit PCI cards use 47 pins. The PCI bus is |
| expansion cards are typically what's used in these | | | | able to work with so few pins because of |
| slots. | | | | hardware multiplexing, which means that the |
| This PCI bus provides direct access to system | | | | device sends more than on signal over a single pin. |
| memory for connected devices, and has replaced | | | | 32-bit PCI slots should be an important part of |
| the ISA and VESA Local Bus standards. It uses a | | | | your next Industrial Computer configuration, but |
| bridge to connect to the front side bus and | | | | it's becoming harder to find suppliers who sell |
| therefore to the CPU. The PCI bus originally | | | | them. Make sure your supplier has the engineering |
| operated at 33 MHz using a 32-bit-wide path. | | | | skills to meet your PCI needs. |