The PCI Local bus concept was developed to break

the PC data I/O bottleneck and clearly opens the door

to increasing system speed and expansion capabilities.

The PCI Local bus moves high speed peripherals

from the I/O bus and places them closer to the system’s

processor bus, providing faster data transfers

between the processor and peripherals. The PCI Local

bus also addresses the industry’s need for a bus standard

which is not directly dependent on the speed,

size and type of system processor. It represents the

first microprocessor independent bus offering performance

more than adequate for the most demanding

applications such as full-motion video.