Add-on cards have always served a great purpose in allowing us to add technologies to our systems without upgrading the entire machine. One such case that I encountered was building up a system based ...

1. PCI Express Mini Cards are available from a variety of vendors, including products such as Diamond Systems’DS-MPE-DAQ0804 Analog I/O Module (a), Versalogic’s VL-MPEe-U2e Serial+GPIO (b), and ...

It's not often that a computer interface remains relevant over the course of a full decade, but that is exactly what USB 2.0 has accomplished since its release in April 2000. Over the past few years ...

Building a computer isn't all that hard, but there are a few parts that can be confusing. When you start installing PCI cards—video cards, network cards, and other expansion cards—it's hard to know ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. As expected, the PCI-SIG has announced the PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 specification. The 3.0 ...

If you needed confirmation that Intel and Apple's Thunderbolt interconnect is destined to repeat the sad, obscure history of FireWire, here it is: the PCI Special Interest Group (SIG) has revealed ...

If your company is at the forefront of the PC industry, by now you are probably aware that USB 3.0 is here. Controller chips are starting to ship, and you are already dealing with design issues around ...