PCI System Architecture is a detailed and comprehensive guide to the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus Specification, Intels technology for fast communication between peripheral devices and the computer processor. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, reorganized, and expanded to cover the PCI Local Bus Specification version 2.2 and other recent developments, including the new PCI Hot-Plug Specification, changes to the PCI-to-PCI Bridge Architecture Specification, revisions to the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, and the new features of the PCI BIOS Specification.Table of Contents: Intro to PCI. Intro to PCI Bus Operation. Intro to Reflected-Wave Switching. The Signal Groups. PCI Bus Arbitration. Master and Target Latency. The Commands. Read Transfers. Write Transfers. Memory and IO Addressing. Fast Back-to-Back & Stepping. Early Transaction End. Error Detection and Handling. Interrupts. The 64-Bit PCI Extension. 66MHz PCI Implementation. Intro to Configuration Address Space. Configuration Transactions. Configuration Registers. Expansion ROMs. Add-in Cards and Connectors. Hot-Plug PCI. Power Management. PCI-to-PCI Bridge. Transaction Ordering & Deadlocks. The PCI BIOS. Locking. CompactPCI and PMC.