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.
