HyperTransport Steps Forward

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- HyperTransport(TM) Technology Consortium, founded to develop, promote and manage specifications of the HyperTransport(TM) I/O link, today strengthened its presence within the networking and communications industry with the availability of two new HyperTransport-based products and three new members. PLX Technology and PMC-Sierra recently announced the availability of networking products integrating HyperTransport technology, while Seaway Networks described how its Streamwise technology will integrate the I/O link. Seaway also joins communications companies, Agilent Technologies and MathStar, Inc.(TM), as the newest members of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. With over 35 HyperTransport-based products already announced and over 50 members, the consortium continues to establish an extensive ecosystem of products and services to help enable designers within the computer, networking and telecommunications industries to seamlessly integrate HyperTransport technology into their next-generation system architecture. "Agilent is excited to become a member of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium at this time of transition and explosion of high-speed interfaces," said Tom Newsom, Vice President and general manager of the SOC Business Unit of the Automated Test Group, Agilent Technologies. "Our customers, and the industry in general, are wrestling with both development and test issues for HyperTransport devices, and we believe that we share a lot of relevant expertise in test which will help these issues. Our test solution for HyperTransport devices addresses one of the most complex and leading technology trends in our market." HyperTransport Technology Consortium