Contents

Introduction to PCI Developer Note

Provides an overview of PCI technology and describes PCI support on Mac computers.

Organization of This Document

This document contains the following articles:

PCI Concepts describes Apple's implementation of PCI standards and defines key concepts you need to ensure that your device is compatible with Macintosh computers.

PCI Product-Specific Details provides details specific to the implementation of PCI on particular Macintosh computers.

See Also

For specific information about a particular Macintosh computer, see the product Developer Note for that computer in the Guides > Hardware & Drivers > Apple Hardware .

For a list of the standard units of measure and abbreviations used in this developer note, refer to the Hardware Developer Note Terms and Abbreviations .

Apple offers the following additional resources for PCI:

Writing PCI Drivers provides information about writing I/O Kit drivers for PCI, AGP, CardBus, and PCMCIA devices.

Designing PCI Cards & Drivers for Power Macintosh Computers provides general information about the PCI bus as implemented on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers.

The PCI-SIG website ( (http://www.pcisig.com/) ) has a wealth of information for implementing PCI Express support, including official specifications and discussion forums.

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