Market Trend PCI Express is a high-speed point-to-point interconnect based on a serial interface. Serial connections have been around since the early days of computing when they were used to send and receive data between different computers. Although early serial connections were reliable, they were too slow. As a result, manufacturers switched to parallel connections, which allowed them to send multiple pieces of data simultaneously rather than bit by bit. Before the development of PCI Express, all PC data buses used a standard parallel data bit design.
The first parallel protocol to become an industry-wide standard was ISA, which was superseded by PCI and PCI-X. Although PCI and PCI-X are still in use today, data throughput rates of computer components are now faster than the data transfer rates offered by PCI and even PCI-X (PCI peaks at 133 MB/s on a 32 MB bus and PCI-X transfer rates go from 512 MB/s to 1 GB/s depending on the specification). The need to handle more bandwidth by today's technology has prompted the development of PCI Express and a return to highly-optimized serial connections.
Bus Trend: ISA
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PCI-X
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According to the 2007 databeans report, the CAGR of worldwide computer PCIe interface revenue by bus standard is expected to grow by 16% from 2007 to 2012. This means PCIe slots are becoming more and more popular in computer systems.
POS, ATM, KIOSK Moxa technology is used in thousands of enterprise applications worldwide, with success in the point-of-sale (POS) market. We offer an extensive range of connectivity solutions for retail applications including one of biggest supermarket chains in Europe, which uses Moxa's CP-102E to connect its PCs to card readers and receipt printers.
Transportation Moxa offers solutions that make it easy to successfully extend serial COM ports for peripherals so that your management system can access real-time information.
For example, major international airports around the world have used Moxa's CP-104EL in its check-in counter to connect barcode scanners, luggage scale, keypads, and displays.
