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PCI Express Technology

Overview Formerly known as 3GIO, PCI Express is the open standards- based successor to PCI and its variants for server- and client-system I/O interconnects. This white paper begins with a review of the PCI bus and its variants (PCI-X and AGP) in client and server systems. The paper continues with a discussion of PCI Express technology, including its strengths, advanced features, and form factors. It concludes with its impact on computer system architectures.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Dell Computer	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	February 2004	Downloads	324
Format	White Papers
Topics	Interfaces / Buses / I/Os, PCMCIA Cards

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WebWatch

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Intel promises to add some stamina to mobile devices

In addition, Sonoma is expected to include support for the Azalia audio interface; for the PCI Express connection technology for PCs and peripherals; and for Serial ATA, a high-speed interface standard for disk drives that cuts down on the cabling...

Apple boosts G5 line-up

Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in a statement: "With quad-core processing, a new PCI Express architecture and the fastest workstation card from Nvidia, the new Power Mac G5 Quad is the most...

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Desktops
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power mac,
g5,
apple

EC pledges open standards support

The European Commission has pledged to support open standards and promote interoperability, to avoid vendor lock-in of European governments to any one technology. In a speech to OpenForum Europe in Brussels on Tuesday, European commissioner for...

Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.

Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

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Publisher:
IBM

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