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PC STANDARDS

Modern PCs are not conceived in a vacuum—rather, they are founded upon a combination of well-
established industry standards. The table below lists most of the current industry standards used in the
development of a personal computer.

DESIGNATION DESCRIPTION VERSION WEB SITE

AC ’97 Audio Codec ’97 Version 2.1, May 1998 ftp://download.intel.com/ial/
scalableplatforms/ac97r22.pdf
ACPI Advanced Configuration Version 2.0, July 27, 2000 www.teleport.com/~acpi/
and Power Interface
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Version 2.0, May 4, 1998 www.agpforum.org/
AMI BIOS American Megatrends AMIBIOS 99, 1999 www.amij.com/amibios/
BIOS bios.platforms.desktop.html
AMR Audio Modem Riser v.1.01, September 1998 ftp://download.intel.com/pc-
supp/platform/ac97/amr101.pdf
APM Advanced Power Version 1.2, February 1996 www.microsoft.com/hwdev/
Management BIOS busbios/amp_12.htm
Interface
ATA/ATAPI-5 AT Attachment with Revision 3, February 29, 2000 www.t13.org
Packet Interface –5
ATX ATX Specification Version 2.03, December 1998 www.formfactors.org/developer/
specs/atx/atxspecs.htm
ATX12V ATX / ATX12V Power Version 1.1, August 2000 www.formfactors.org/developer/
Supply Design Guide specs/atx/atxspecs.htm
BIS Boot Integrity Services Version 1.0 for WfM 2.0, developer.intel.com/design/
August 1999 security/bis/bisfaq.htm
CNR Communication and Version 1.1, October 18, 2000 developer.intel.com/technology/
Networking Riser (CNR) cnr/index.htm
Specification
DDC Display Data Version 2, Revision 0, Video Electronics Standards
Channel Standard April 1996 Association (VESA)
DMI Desktop Management Version 2.0, October 1995 ---
Interface BIOS
Specification
DPMS Display Power Revision 1.0 Video Electronics Standards
Management System Association (VESA)
El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Version 1.0, January 25, 1995 www.ptltd.com/techs/specs.html
Format Specification

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DESIGNATION DESCRIPTION VERSION WEB SITE

EPP IEEE std 1284.1-1997 Version 1.7, 1997 standards.ieee.org/reading/ieee/
Enhanced Parallel Port std_public/description/busarch/
1284.1-1997_desc.html
Feature Connector Video Advanced Feature Version 1.0, March 1994 Video Electronics Standards
Connector (VAFC) Association (VESA)
IrDA Serial Infrared Physical Version 1.1, October 1995 www.irda.org/standards/pubs/
Layer Link Specification IrData.zip
LPC Low Pin Count Interface Version 1.0, September 29, 1997 www.intel.com/design/chipsets/
Specification industry/lpc.htm
Management LM78 Microprocessor --- www.national.com/pf/LM/
Extension System Hardware Monitor LM78.html
Hardware
NLX NLX Form Factor Version 1.2, February 1997 www.teleport.com/~nlx/
Specification
NLX Power Supply Version 1.1, May 1997 www.teleport.com/~nlx/
Recommendations
PCI PCI Local Bus Specification Version 2.2, December 18, 1998 www.pcisig.com/
PCI Bus Power Version 1.1, December 18, 1998 www.pcisig.com/
Management Interface
Specification
Phoenix BIOS Phoenix BIOS Specification Version 4.0, February 1997 www.ptltd.com/
Plug-and-Play Plug-and-Play BIOS Version 1.0a, May 5, 1994 www.microsoft.com/hwdev/
Specification respec/pnpspecs.htm
PXE Preboot Execution Version 2.1, September 1999 developer.intel.com/ial/WfM/
Environment wfm20/design/mapxe/index.htm
RIMM Rambus Serial Presence Version 1.0, March 1999 www.rambus.com/developer/
Detect (SPD) Specification support_rimm.html
Rambus RIMM Version 1.0, February 1999 www.rambus.com/developer/
Specification development_support.html
SDRAM DIMMs PC SDRAM Unbuffered Version 1.0, February 1998 ---
DIMM
PC SDRAM SIMM Version 1.5, November 1997 ---
(General)
PC Serial Presence Detect Version 1.2a, December 1997 ---
SMBIOS System Management BIOS Version 2.3.1, March 16, 1999 developer.intel.com/ial/wfm/
design/smbios
UHCI Universal Host Controller Version 1.1, March 1996 www.usb.org/developers
Interface Design Guide
USB Universal Serial Bus Version 1.1, September 23, 1998 www.usb.org/developers
Specification
WfM Wired for Management Version 2.0, December 18, 1998 developer.intel.com/ial/WfM/
Baseline wfmspecs.htm

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