Riser card

A riser card inside an IBM PS/2, featuring MCA slots
Motherboard of an IBM PS/ValuePoint personal computer model (c. from 1993 to 1995) with an Intel i486SX microprocessor, with an elongated connector (black, horizontally in the middle/left between upper and lower edge) for the riser card on which the ISA bus slots were located

A riser card is a printed circuit board that gives a computer motherboard the option for additional expansion cards to be added to the computer or for existing expansion cards to be mounted in a different location. A riser cable is a flexible design obtained by replacing at least some part of the board with a flexible cable, often a ribbon cable. A common setup includes one PCB with an edge connector on each side of the cable. They provide even more flexibility in positioning.

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