Intel Communication Streaming Architecture

Intel's Communication Streaming Architecture (CSA) was a mechanism used in the

PCI

bus, which was the common practice until that point.

The technology was only used in Intel chipsets released in 2003. It was largely seen as a stop-gap measure to allow

Wireless networking chips in Intel's Centrino

Shortly after the CSA was introduced, PCI Express was introduced and replaced the CSA stopgap.^[3] The technology was subsequently discontinued.

References

^ "Communication Streaming Architecture (CSA)". Intel. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ Binkert, Nathan (2006). Integrated System Architectures for High-Performance Internet Servers (PDF). PhD Thesis, University of Michigan. p. 4. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ Feng, W.; Balaji, P.; Singh, A. (2009). "Network Interface Cards as First-Class Citizens" (PDF). IEEE Workshop on the Influence of I/O on Microprocessor Architecture at HPCA-15: 3. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

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