HipHardware has posted an editorial entitled PCI-X - The Next I/O Revolution.

Since its introduction in 1992, the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus has become the most successful interface for audio, video, networking (including modems), and I/O interface cards. It nearly replaced the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) interface, and has since become a requirement in all forms of motherboard architecture. The PCI Special Interest Group originally designed the interface and bus, and still currently develops and manages the specifications and standards for the interface. PCI SIG, spearheaded by Compaq, includes 3Com, Adaptec, AMD, Gateway, IBM, Intel, Phoenix Technologies, and Texas Instruments on its Steering Committee. The PCI SIG approved PCI Local Bus Specification v2.2, which is the current PCI bus that we see today.

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