MultibusMultibus is a computer bus standard used in industrial systems. It was developed by Intel Corporation and was adopted as the IEEE 796 bus. The Multibus specification was important because it was a robust, well-thought out industry standard with a relatively large form factor, so complex devices could be designed on it. Because it was a well-defined and well-documented industry standard, it allowed a Multibus-compatible industry to grow around it, with many companies making card cages and enclosures for it.
Transfer (informatique)In computer technology, transfers per second and its more common secondary terms gigatransfers per second (abbreviated as GT/s) and megatransfers per second (MT/s) are informal language that refer to the number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given data-transfer channel. It is also known as sample rate, i.e. the number of data samples captured per second, each sample normally occurring at the clock edge.
Low Voltage Differential SignalingLow Voltage Differential Signaling (qu'on pourrait traduire mot à mot par « transmission différentielle basse-tension »), abrégé en LVDS, est une norme de transmission de signaux électriques à une fréquence élevée (typiquement plusieurs centaines de mégahertz) sur une ligne symétrique, de type transmission différentielle. À l'inverse du LVDS, les normes de transmissions électriques telles que Transistor-Transistor logic (TTL) (ainsi que leurs déclinaisons basse-tension LVTTL), sont dites asymétriques : elles utilisent la tension électrique entre un point donné et la masse à un moment donné comme élément d'information.
Fabric (topologie)thumb|Exemple de fabric Une fabric est un type de topologie réseau où les nœuds d'un réseau sont raccordés aux autres via des switchs (commutateurs) et d'une façon matricielle qui garantit que la meilleure bande passante est attribuée à chacun. Le terme de « fabric » est utilisé dans le domaine des télécommunications, mais surtout dans le domaine des réseaux de stockage SAN en protocole Fibre Channel, ainsi que dans les réseaux haut-débit dont Infiniband.
Control busIn computer architecture, a control bus is part of the system bus and is used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer. While the address bus carries the information about the device with which the CPU is communicating and the data bus carries the actual data being processed, the control bus carries commands from the CPU and returns status signals from the devices. For example, if the data is being read or written to the device the appropriate line (read or write) will be active (logic one).
Multidrop busA multidrop bus (MDB) is a computer bus in which all components are connected to the electrical circuit. A process of arbitration determines which device sends information at any point. The other devices listen for the data they are intended to receive. Multidrop buses have the advantage of simplicity and extensibility, but their differing electrical characteristics make them relatively unsuitable for high frequency or high bandwidth applications.
Bus contentionBus contention is an undesirable state in computer design where more than one device on a bus attempts to place values on it at the same time. Bus contention is the kind of telecommunication contention that occurs when all communicating devices communicate directly with each other through a single shared channel, and contrasted with "network contention" that occurs when communicating devices communicate indirectly with each other, through point-to-point connections through routers or bridges.
Réseau sur une puceNetwork-on-Chip ou Network-on-a-Chip (NoC or NOC) ou en français réseau sur une puce est une technique de conception du système de communication entre les cœurs sur les System on Chip (SoC). Les NoCs peuvent passer dans les domaines d'horloge synchrone ou asynchrone ou bien utiliser une logique de circuit asynchrone sans horloge. Le NoC applique les théories et méthodes de réseau aux communications à l'intérieur d'une puce et permet ainsi l'amélioration des performances par rapport aux interconnexions de bus et commutateur matriciel conventionnelles.
Local busIn computer architecture, a local bus is a computer bus that connects directly, or almost directly, from the central processing unit (CPU) to one or more slots on the expansion bus. The significance of direct connection to the CPU is avoiding the bottleneck created by the expansion bus, thus providing fast throughput. There are several local buses built into various types of computers to increase the speed of data transfer (i.e. bandwidth). Local buses for expanded memory and video boards are the most common.
