Editing Audio/modem riser (section)

==Technology==
Physically, it has two rows of 23 pins, making 46 pins total.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/4432/audio-modem-riser-amr |title=Audio Modem Riser (AMR) |website=Techopedia |access-date=May 2, 2016 }}</ref> Three drawbacks of AMR are that it eliminates one [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] slot, it is not [[plug and play]], and it does not allow for [[Hardware acceleration|hardware accelerated]] cards (only software-based).<ref name="pcmag" />

Technologically, it has been superseded by the [[Advanced Communications Riser]] (ACR) and Intel's own [[communications and networking riser]] (CNR). However, riser technologies in general never really took off. Modems generally remained as PCI cards while audio and network interfaces were integrated on to motherboards.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}