Computer System Expansion Slots

The Expansion slot is a type of slot that connects an expansion bus (Adapter card), which allows the
processor to communicate with peripheral attached to the adapter card. Data is transmitted to the
memory or the processor travels from the expansion slot via the expansion bus and the system bus.

ISA Slot

ISA SLOT - Industry Standard Architecture, is an a 8 bit and 16 bit wide bus, and runs at 4.77 mhz. The
ISA bus was developed by a team lead by Mark Dean at IBM as part of the IBM PC project in 1981. It was
originated as an 8-bit system and was extended in 1983 for the XT system architecture. The newer 16-bit
standard, the IBM AT bus, was introduced in 1984.

PCI - Slot
PCI SLOT - Peripheral Component Interconnect is a specification that defines a 32-bit data bus interface.
PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers.

AGP - Slot

AGP SLOT - Accelerated Graphics Port, also called Advanced Graphics Port, often shortened to AGP it is a
high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a graphics card to a computer's motherboard, primarily
to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. AGP controller is only capable of controlling a
single device.

AMR SLOT - Audio Modem Riser, Is a riser card that supports sound or modem function.

ACR SLOT - Advance Communication Riser, this type of slot is for communication and audio subsystem.
The slot supports modem, audio, LAN, and Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HPNA) or Home
Networking cards.

CNR SLOT - Communications network riser, this connector supports specially designed network, audio,
or modem riser cards, main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard’s
system chipset.
 PCI - Express

PCI –E - is a computer expansion card interface format introduced by Intel in 2004. It was designed to
replace the general purpose PCI expansion bus.

 PCIe 1.1 (the most common version as of 2007) each lane carries 250 MB/s.
 PCIe 2.0 doubles the bus standard's bandwidth from 2.5 Gbit/s to 5 Gbit/s, meaning a x32
connector can transfer data at up to 16 GB/s in each direction.
 PCI Express 3.0 will carry a bit rate of 8 giga transfers per second.
 IDE - Controller

IDE CONTROLLER - Integrated Drive Electronics, Parallel ATA (PATA) is an interface standard for the
connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, and CD-ROM drives in computers. It
uses the underlying AT Attachment and AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATA/ATAPI) standards

FDD - Controller

FDD CONTROLLER - Floppy Disk Drive, an onboard floppy drive controller which make your Floppy Disk
Drive operational.
 SATA - Controller

SATA CONTROLLER - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment is a computer bus primarily designed for
transfer of data between a computer and storage devices (like hard disk drives or optical drives).

 SATA 1.5 Gbit/s

 SATA 3.0 Gbit/s
 SATA 6.0 Gbit/s