Lesson 1: Understanding Expansion Buses
Expansion buses are used to connect devices to the motherboard using the motherboard's data bus. They allow the flow of data between that device and other devices in and connected to the computer. Early computers moved data between devices and the processor at about the same rate as the processor. As processor speeds increased, the movement of data through the bus became a bottleneck. Therefore, the design capability of the buses needed to evolve, too. This lesson discusses that evolution.
After this lesson, you will be able to:Estimated lesson time: 30 minutes
- Identify the different types of expansion buses in a computer.
- Identify the difference between the system bus and the expansion bus.