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High Performance Computing (Supercomputers)
HyperTransport technology is an enabling technology for high performance computing
applications such as supercomputers and cluster computing. It provides the high bandwidth
needed for such systems with the lowest latency. For supercomputing and high performance
clusters, low latency is the most important specification for the interconnect. This is
because the performance of such systems rely on the speedy transfer of large numbers of
relatively small message packets between computing clusters. HyperTransport is the choice in such systems because of its very low latency, high bandwidth, integration onto popular 64-bit processors and ease of implementation.
PCs and Workstations
Faster is better, but cost is a major constraint in PCs and
workstations. Here HyperTransport technology provides blazing speed with
low implementation costs. HyperTransport is easily implemented in lower
cost printed circuit board technologies thanks to its LVDS
unidirectional signals and it is compatible with PCI and PCI-X
subsystems.
Servers
Servers have the need for speed as they serve up applications, data
and web pages to a growing number of far-flung users. HyperTransport can
be used to maximize data transfer within the box to move data faster
while maintaining the advantages of co-existing with legacy I/O
technology.
Routers and Switches
Routers and Switches are the backbone of the network and their
ability to move data quickly is key. There are two ways to move data
faster - improve the processing of the data by handling protocol
processing and packet handling with faster CPUs and dedicated network
processors and implementing faster data pipes. HyperTransport Technology
is the ideal technology solution because it has the bandwidth to feed
network control processors and to connect the various attached network
devices to the routing and packet processing equipment.
Embedded Systems Embedded
systems can benefit from the speed and scalability of HyperTransport
technology. In a market area that requires performance, low cost, and
ease of implementation, HyperTransport technology enables designers to
utilize just the right amount of bandwidth and no more. This, combined
with HyperTransport's low latency with no data-encoding,
asymmetrical bus-width, and simple differential I/O signaling with no
clock recovery overhead makes HyperTransport technology ideal for high
performance, low cost embedded systems.
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