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Everyone thinks USB killed this 66-year-old PC port (but it secretly runs the modern world)

This 66-year-old precursor to USB refuses to become obsolete ...
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Here's What A Computer's Serial Port Was For (And Where It's Still Necessary)

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...
EDN

Managing the Transition from Parallel to Serial Storage Interfaces

In 2003, the storage industry has taken major steps in transitioning from a decades-old interface technology to one that will potentially revolutionize the way new hard disk drives (HDDs) are designed ...
Ars Technica

Serial vs. Parallel, Analog vs. Digital

This is just a general question. I know, obviously, that there are RS-232 "serial ports" and IEEE 1284/Centronix ports "parallel ports," and that these are "digital" connections. Then you have things ...
Electronic Design

Parallel Backplanes Face Competition From Serial Solutions

Everyone knows that the world is analog in nature, yet we insist on dealing with analog signals by digital means. Analog sensor outputs are quickly converted to digital form to improve noise immunity ...
Electronic Design

A Quick Stroll Through 70 Years of Communications: Now and Then

This article is part of Now and Then series and part of Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary series. Processors and memory have changed radically over the past 70 years, but the variability of those ...