PA-RISC I/O Architecture

The PA-RISC I/O architecture has specific requirements for all PA-RISC systems. These are designed to provide a standard set of rules for how the I/O hardware works and communicates with other components.

Every PA-RISC system must have at a minimum at central bus to which must be attached at least one processor module and at least one memory module. If the system has more than one processor or more than one memory module, they all reside on the central bus.

There are also a number of possible native busses. A native bus is one that adheres to the PA-RISC I/O architecture. As hardware has evolved since the introduction of PA-RISC, a number of new native busses have been introduced. One of the earliest of these was the ...

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