Industry Standard Architecture is the original expansion slot specification of IBM PC's and the compatible computers that followed. It has since been replaced with the PCI Specification.

Involves ISA design, design of components ... Patterson and J. Hennessey, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface , Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd edition (2004) REFERENCE TEXTS: J.

Since Apple switched to Intel chips in the mid-00s, the PowerPC chips from Motorola and the PowerPC Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) that they had been using largely fell by the wayside.

Involves ISA design, design of components ... Patterson and J. Hennessey, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface , Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd edition (2004) REFERENCE TEXTS: J.