PCI / PCI Express
Ever Wonder… PCI vs PCI Express
Historically one of the most common expansion interface found on PC motherboards was the PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect. The technology was developed by Intel in the early 1990’s, and it quickly became a standard throughout the industry due to its advantages over other motherboard interfaces such as ISA and VLB.
The newest evolution in expansion interface technology is PCI Express, which uses different signaling and physical connections than PCI. PCI Express has effectively replaced the PCI standard.
