DATA TRANSFER RATES

8 bits = 1 byte
Mb = megabits
MB = megabytes
Divide megabits by 8 to get megabytes

USB 1.0, 1.112 Mb/s       Supports 127 devices
USB 2.0480 Mb/s
IEEE 1394400 Mb/s     Supports 63 devices
Serial Port115 KB/s
Parallel PortUp to 100 KB/s
2X AGP Port532 MB/s
4X AGP Port1064 MB/s
PCI132 MB/s
ISAUp to 16 MB/s
EIDE HD16.6 MB/s
UDMA HD33.3 MB/s

SCSI: Supports 15 devices

SCSI-15 MB/s
SCSI-2 10 MB/s (Also called Fast SCSI)
ULTRA20 MB/s
ULTRA Wide40 MB/s
ULTRA 280 MB/s

Floppy drives : 300 rpm; 200 ms seek time; 1 Mbits per Second transfer rate

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