Apple has posted a Knowledge Base document offering some interesting details about the PCI Express (PCI-E) slots found in the Mac Pro. All four of the Mac Pro's PCI-E slots are 16-"lane" or "x16" ...

PCI Express slots explained Apple has posted a Knowledge Base document offering some interesting details about the PCI Express (PCI-E) slots found in the Mac Pro. All four of the Mac Pro's PCI-E slots ...

Despite the name, PCI Express is not strictly an evolution of PCI. Whereas PCI and PCI-X are essentially parallel data connections, PCI Express uses serial technology. All devices on the PCI or PCI-X ...

A motherboard's main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card, hard drive(s), ...