futurebus effort did act as a catalyst for simpler serial technologies. a group then organized to create a system aimed directly at this need, which eventually led to scalable coherent interface (sci). meanwhile, another member decided to simple re-create the entire concept on a much simpler basis, which resulted in quickring. due to the simplicity of these standards, both standards were completed before futurebus+. futurebus+ was ahead of its time in the 1980s. vme and other parallel bus standards are still trying to adapt concepts that are implemented in the futurebus, specially in high performance applications.