Another excellent series of articles at ExtremeTech. This time, they are discussing the Bus technologies of the future. “It’s almost counterintuitive, but serial buses are blowing away parallel buses in the PC. We tell you why and take you beyond the hype.”
- PCI-X: A Placeholder for 3GIO?
Backward compatibility for today, speed for tomorrow. - 3GIO is Multitalented, but not Imminent
It’s a chip interconnect. It’s an I/O bus. You’re both right. - InfiniBand Thinks Outside the Box
When gigabit Ethernet isn’t enough, there’s InfiniBand. - HyperTransport and RapidIO
Sides of the same coin, but different application scenarios.
I want Serial ATA. Now.
I know I’m not the only one tired of those parallel ribbon cables, with their length limits, limiting my options and drive bay choices in my machines. Not to mention airflow. Serial ATA can’t come a moment too soon. Hot pluggability. Much better airflow. No more hideous bent pins. No more hideous length and device limitations.
*waits impatiently*