Short
for Micro Channel Architecture, MCA was introduced by IBM
in 1987. MCA,
or the Micro Channel bus, was a competition for ISA bus. The MCA bus offered several
additional features over the ISA such as a 32-bit
bus (although there was also a 16-bit
bus), automatically configure cards
(similar to what Plug and Play is today), and
bus mastering for greater efficiency.
Complete information about the MCA bus and other
computer bus standards can be found on our computer
bus help page.
Also see: Bus, EISA, ISA,
Motherboard
definitions
|
|
| Resolved |
Were you able to locate the answer to your questions? |
|
|
