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Intel Says Farewell To PCI Bus

Posted by timothy on from the ok-fine-I-get-it-my-computer-is-old dept.

KingofGnG writes with this snippet from Sir Arthur's Den, which will make my desktop computer sad: "Soon another technology that in past years dominated the always changing universe of computer hardware will bite the dust. That's the decision by Intel, the merciless executioner of standards that the company itself imposes on the market. In upcoming months it will end official support for the PCI bus. Developed by the chipmaker in 1993, the PCI Local Bus standard was implemented on all motherboards for x86 and compatible platforms until 2004, the year it passed the baton to the younger and faster PCI Express technology."

5 of 415 comments (clear)

  1. Now What? by stewbacca · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now what am I supposed to do with my Voodoo II video card?

    1. Re:Now What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sell it to Amiga user.

    2. Re:Now What? by macson_g · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just transfer all the data to a microSD card.

  2. I'm just getting used to this new fangled AGP.... by LazLong · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm just getting used to these new fangled AGP cards and their single connectors. I feel so much more secure with the dual connectors of my VLB cards....Maybe if I saw the boards in half they'll work in my new PCI-based motherboards. What do think? They fit, but all I get is sparks and a strange smoking smell....

  3. Re:And to think, if we just bought 68K machines by twmcneil · · Score: 5, Funny

    Micro Channel wasn't killed, it committed suicide.

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