Apple has posted a Knowledge Base document offering some interesting details about the PCI Express (PCI-E) slots found in the Mac Pro. All four of the Mac Pro's PCI-E slots are 16-"lane" or "x16" ...

Mac Pro computers come with three unused PCI-express expansion slots for adding extra graphics cards, RAID controllers, multimedia, and I/O controllers, among other options, to expand your Mac's ...

As the I/O interconnect world has transitioned from PCI to PCI Express (PCIe), bridge ICs have filled a critical role: to allow designers to continue to use existing PCI and PCI-X endpoints in ...

I have an Extreme N6600 Silencer 250MB PCI-E Asus Graphics card which I would like to install on a Asus P4C800-E motherboard but this motherboard does not have a PCI-E slot. (It has 5 PCI slots and 1 ...

Hard drives have seen their performance improve more than any other component over the last half-decade, all thanks to the popularization of solid state tech. Now, there’s a big leap forward that ...

Recently, I visited an online forum where one engineer asked for options for duplicating an existing PC-based test system that has four PCI expansion slots. His problem: Consumer-grade desktop PCs ...

Reducing the manufacturing costs by not providing for a slot which is gradually being replaced by PCI-E, PCI-X, and USB. PCI first came out in 1992. Both my PCI slots are unused. Some time ago, I had ...

ASUS has showcased a new workstation-focused motherboard built around Intel’s W890 chipset at CES 2026, signaling an upcoming ...

Specifications for two new interconnect technologies were released yesterday by the Peripheral Component Interconnect-Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), the group said in a press release (download PDF) ...

Russian software developer Mikhail Svarichevsky needed a a PCI-E x1 video card as all of the other PCI-E slots were occupied on his motherboard. PCI-E x1 video cards are available but can be pricier ...