Hypertransport Consortium

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Nella giornata di ieri è stato ufficialmente presentato il nuovo protocollo Hypertransport che permetterà di creare connessioni tra vari tipi di periferiche hardware con velocità nettamente più elevate a quelle attualmente permesse dai tradizionali bus di connessione.
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Il consorzio Hypertransport è formato dalle principali aziende mondiali nel settore dell'hardware e delle telecominicazioni, quali AMD, API NETWORKS, APPLE, CISCO, NVIDIA, PMC-SIERRA, SUN MICROSYSTEMS e TRANSMETA; più di 180 aziende hanno, al momento attuale, sottoscritto al consorzio.

<blockquote><i>SAN JOSE, CA-JULY 24, 2001 - A coalition of high-tech industry leaders today announced the formation of the HyperTransportT Technology Consortium, a nonprofit corporation that supports the future development and adoption of AMD's HyperTransport I/O Link specification.
Technology leaders AMD (NYSE: AMD), API NetWorks, Inc., Appler, Cisco Systems, NVIDIA Corporation, PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS), Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Transmeta have joined together as promoters of HyperTransport technology, and will now manage the development and evolution of the technology's specifications. More than 180 companies throughout the computer and communications industries have been engaged with AMD in working with the HyperTransport technology.
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HyperTransport technology is an innovative solution that enables the chips inside of high-performance compute devices, and networking and communications devices - such as those that power the Internet - to communicate with each other up to 48 times faster compared with existing technologies.
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"The consortium represents the commitment of its members to develop industry-wide adoption of HyperTransport technology, and to drive this state-of-the-art technology into the market," said Gabriele Sartori, newly elected president of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. "HyperTransport technology is a popular new chip-to-chip communications technology that is endorsed by major industry players. It is designed to provide a smooth transition from existing technologies and to support the necessary scalability and bandwidth for future product innovations."</i></blockquote>

La press release ufficiale è on line a <a href=http://www.hypertransport.org/pr_072401.shtml>questo indirizzo</a>, mentre da <a href=http://www.hypertransport.org>questo link</a> è possibile accedere direttamente al sito web del consorzio Hypertransport.