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Figure1.1 typical lsi53c876 system application – Avago Technologies LSI53C876E User Manual

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General Description

The LSI53C876 reduces the requirement for system BIOS support and
PCI bus bandwidth. It also supports the Wide Ultra SCSI standard. The
LSI53C876 performs Wide Ultra SCSI transfers or Fast SCSI transfers,
and it improves performance by optimizing PCI bus utilization.

Figure 1.1

illustrates a typical LSI53C876 system and

Figure 1.2

illustrates a typical

LSI53C876 board application.

Figure 1.1

Typical LSI53C876 System Application

Fixed Disk, Optical Disk,

Printer, Tape, and Other

Peripherals

Fixed Disk, Optical Disk,

Printer, Tape, and Other

Peripherals

One PCI Bus Load

PCI Graphic Accelerator

PCI Sound Card

Memory

Controller

Memory

PCI Bus

Interface

Controller

Central

Processing

Unit

(CPU)

Typical PCI Computer

System Architecture

Processor Bus

LSI53C876 PCI

to Wide Ultra SCSI

Function A

and

LSI53C876 PCI

to Wide Ultra SCSI

Function B

SCSI Bus

SCSI Bus