Multibus: evolving to meet new system demands
Donna M. Wilson · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1983
With over 800 board level products available from over 150 vendors, the multibus has evolved to support three generations of VLSI technology-the 8080, 8086 and now the 286. As a testimony to its success as an industry standard, over half a million CPU boards for the multibus have been shipped to date, according to Intel Corp. The author looks at the structure of multibus and its operation in some detail, as well as briefly considering reasons for its popularity.