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Serial CommunicationsThe communications links across which computers, or parts of computers, talk to one another, may be either serial or parallel. A parallel link transmits several streams of data (perhaps representing particular bits of a stream of bytes) along multiple channels (wires, printed circuit tracks, optical fibres, ...); a serial link transmits a single stream of data. At first sight it would seem that a serial link must be inferior to a parallel one, because it can transmit less data on each clock tick. However, there are plenty of compensating advantages. - A serial connection takes up less space. That's good in itself, but it also means that ...
- The extra space can be used to isolate it better from its surroundings.
- Not having multiple conductors in close proximity means less crosstalk at higher frequencies.
- Clock skew between the different channels is not an issue.
- These last three considerations mean that a serial connection can, all else being equal, be clocked considerably faster than a parallel one.
Some examples of serial communication architectures: See also: List of device bandwidths External links: Wiki:SerialPorts
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