EISA

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EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) is a 32-bit computer bus standard developed in the late 1980s to provide improved performance and backward compatibility over the earlier ISA bus in personal computers and servers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
EISA canonical 3
EISA consortium 2
Extended Industry Standard Architecture 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus standard
expansion bus
abbreviation EISA
addressBusWidth 32 bits
backwardCompatibleWith ISA
bitWidth 32-bit
busWidthComparedToISA wider than ISA
category computer hardware interface
expansion card bus
compatibleWith ISA expansion cards
competedWith MCA
PCI
linked to: PCI Express

VESA Local Bus
configurationMethod EISA configuration utility
dataPathWidth 32 bits
designedFor multiuser systems
personal computers
servers
developedInDecade 1980s
developedInPeriod late 1980s
electricalCompatibility ISA signaling levels
fullName Extended Industry Standard Architecture
linked to: EISA
introducedBy EISA consortium
linked to: EISA
marketPosition high-end alternative to ISA
mechanicalDesign two-level slot to accept ISA and EISA cards
performanceComparedToISA higher throughput than ISA
powerSupplyPins more than ISA
predecessor ISA
primaryUseEra early 1990s
purpose to provide backward compatibility with ISA
to provide improved performance over ISA
slotType edge connector
standardizedBy EISA consortium
linked to: EISA
status obsolete
succeededBy PCI
supports 32-bit data transfers
32-bit expansion cards
DMA
bus mastering
interrupt sharing
memory addressing beyond 16 MB
software-based configuration
typicalClockSpeed 8.33 MHz
usedIn IBM PC compatible computers
linked to: IBM PC compatible

file servers
high-end 386 systems
high-end 486 systems

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISA replacedBy EISA
IBM PC AT influenced ISA expansion bus standard
linked to: EISA
Industry Standard Architecture succeededBy Extended Industry Standard Architecture
linked to: EISA
EISA fullName Extended Industry Standard Architecture
linked to: EISA
EISA abbreviation EISA
EISA introducedBy EISA consortium
linked to: EISA
EISA standardizedBy EISA consortium
linked to: EISA