PICMG 1.3 is a

PICMG PICMG, or PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, is a consortium of over 140 companies. Founded in 1994, the group was originally formed to adapt PCI technology for use in high-performance telecommunications, military, and industrial comp ...

specification which is commonly referred to as SHB Express. SHB Express is a modernization of

PICMG 1.0 PICMG 1.0 is a PICMG specification that defines a CPU form factor and corresponding backplane connectors for PCI- ISA passive backplanes. This standard moves components typically located on the motherboard (i.e. memory, CPUs and chipset component ...

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specification. SHB Express, or System Host Board – Express, uses the same physical form factor as PICMG 1.0 boards. The board-to-backplane interfaces are

PCI Express PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards. It is the common ...

instead of PCI and ISA, although the use of

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remains as an option.

Key Features

* PCI Express: 20 PCI Express lanes including x16, x8, x4 and x1 PCI Express configuration are supported. * PCI optional supported: 32Bit PCI Bus with up to 4 Master-capable Slots at the Backplane and with 33 MHz or optional 66 MHz. PCI-X Capabilities are also optional supported. * additional I/O: up to 4 USB Connections, up to 2 SATA and up to 2 Ethernet (GBit) are also optional supported to the Backplane.

PICMG Status

Adopted : 8/20/2005 Current Revision : 1.0

External links

PICMG's 1.3 Overview

References

{{reflist Open standards PICMG standards