DIGITAL PROJECTORS

AMD

Below is a list of links to the AMD web site. Because AMD is the creator of Hyper Transport Technology, they have ample information about it. I looked through the site and everything that is listed below. I think this is all the information that they have.

Hyper Transport Technology

First Adopters of AMD's new Hyper Transport Technology

Hyper Transport Press Report
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Frequently Asked Questions

Here's What They're Saying

API Networks

Concord, Mass., April 2, 2001—API NetWorks Inc. today announced the industry's first HyperTransport technology-to-PCI bridge chip, the AP1011, a key piece of technology that will accelerate the use of HyperTransport technology-based processors. Co-developed by AMD and API NetWorks, HyperTransport is a new high-speed bus that reduces data bottlenecks and boosts the performance of current and future PCs and communications equipment. The AP1011 chip provides the crucial link that allows HyperTransport technology-based systems to use PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) devices that are currently on the market and under development.

For more on this press release, please visit API Networks.

Concord, MA, February 14, 2001—API NetWorks, developers of high-performance hardware technologies, today announced its support of AMD�s HyperTransport technology and its strategy to bring this technology to market. As a major contributor to the development of HyperTransport and the first company to have the technology in silicon, API NetWorks will continue to license its intellectual property to and work with industry leaders developing next-generation networking and computing equipment based on HyperTransport to meet the communications demands of the future. In addition, API NetWorks will work closely with AMD to promote the technology in its move toward an industry standard.

For more on this press release, please visit API Networks.

Hardware Features

Product Documents

AP1011 Datasheet
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News Articles

IDG.NET

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Tuesday, announced HyperTransport technology, which is designed to let the chips inside of PCs, as well as in networking and communications devices, communicate with each other up to 24 times faster than existing technology allows.

For more on this article, please visit IDG.NET.

eeTimes

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Advanced Micro Devices Inc. officially rolled out its HyperTransport high-speed bus technology at the Taiwan Platform Conference on Wednesday (Feb. 14) and said it has gathered more than 100 companies, including Sun Microsystems, Broadcom, Nvidia, and Cisco Systems, to help lay down the infrastructure for the bus' industry acceptance.

For more on this press release, please visit eeTimes.

Cnet

The chip, AP1011, enables the use of HyperTransport, a communication technology codeveloped by AMD and API NetWorks, formerly known as Alpha Processor.

HyperTransport speeds communication between the CPU and computer components such as network cards, but it faces competition from similar Intel technology.

For more on this article, please visit Cnet News.

Advanced Micro Devices aims to increase the performance of PCs and other computing devices with an internal connection that increases the both the speed and amount of data that get ferried between chips.

The new connection, dubbed HyperTransport, will be licensed royalty free to manufacturers and, so far, the concept is gaining interest. Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and others are looking at it, according to AMD.

For more on this article, please visit Cnet News.

ZDnet

AMD has released details of its HyperTransport bus-replacement technology, which is intended to eliminate bottlenecks between the main components of computers. With a peak data transfer rate of 6.4 Gbps, it is expected to appear first in high-end workstations and servers.

For more on this article, please visit ZDnet News.

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