Glossary
Glossary of terms used on this site
There are 22 entries in this glossary.| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PCI-E 1x |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express released by PCI-SIG in 2004. Width 1bit, clock 100MHz, ?V, 250MB/s |
| PDS |
Processor Direct Slot released by Apple in 1987 (Macintosh SE). Width 16/32bit, clocks - 8/16/20/25/33/40MHz. |
| RDRAM |
Rambus DRAM invented by Rambus in 1992. Used in 1996/97 on Cirrus Logic Laguna and Chromatic Mpact cards. Bandwidth is 600 MB/s. |
| SGRAM |
Synchronous Graphics RAM released by JEDEC in 1995. Its single-ported SDR with support write-per-bit and block write. Used till 1999. |
| VL-Bus |
VESA Local Bus released by VESA in 1992. Width 32bit, clock 25/33/40MHz, 5V, 133MB/s |
| VRAM |
Video RAM is dual-ported variant of DRAM. Invented by IBM in 1980. 1st use by IBM in 1986. Often used on profi cards till 1996. |
| WRAM |
Window RAM invented by Samsung in 1993 as faster and cheaper variant of VRAM. Dual-ported, used by Matrox Millennium cards till 1997. |
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