Hello-
I have some questions on the PCI spec concerning motherboards. For instance if a bridge can drive 6 loads, using the spec I calculate that it can only drive 3 physical connectors (since one connector is considered a load) is this true?? I find that interesting since I have seen other products that use similar bridges to drive 6 physical connectors?!?! Since these products exist are there ways to route the PCI signals on a motherboard such that a bridge can drive the full of loads?? Is this limitation due to the PCI signals and the clock or just the clock??
Thanks for any help,
J
W. J. Gomes III
Hardware Engineer
ComputerBoards, Inc.
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