Characteristics of PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect

Learn some characteristics of PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect.

1. It is one of the latest developments in bus architecture.
2. It is currently standard for PC expansion cards.
3. It is suitable for all kinds of microprocessor developed by Intel.
4. It is like a VESA local bus, connect the CPU, memory and peripheral devices to exchange data faster.
5. It supports 32 bit and 64 bit data width.
6. It is compatible with 486s and Pentiums.
7. The bus data width is equal to the processor, such as 1 32 bit PCI bus and operates at 33 MHz.
8. PCI is used in developing Plug and Play (PnP) system and all PCI cards supports PnP.
9. PCI supports bus mastering.