Apple Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) - Manual (Page 10)

10 Technology Overview
Power Mac G5
PCI Express Architecture
The new Power Mac G5 introduces a modern PCI Express architecture to the Mac plat-
form, opening up a world of high-performance system technologies and peripherals.
PCI Express paves the way for emerging solutions for media and networking, making
it a future-savvy choice for your lab or studio.
Built into the Power Mac G5 architecture is an all-new system controller. This fast
application-specifi c integrated circuit (ASIC) integrates a new lower-latency memory
subsystem with support for ultrafast DDR2 main memory—plus 16-lane PCI Express
graphics and the dual-channel, bidirectional frontside bus that made its debut in the
original Power Mac G5.
Dual bidirectional
frontside buses
System
controller
PCI Express
graphics
PCI Express
expansion
SuperDrive with
double-layer support
High-performance I/O
Dual-core PowerPC
G5 processors
533MHz DDR2
memory
Dual Gigabit
Ethernet
Serial ATA
storage