{{Short description, Body responsible for regulating and promoting the HyperTransport technology The HyperTransport Consortium is an

industry consortium A consortium (plural: consortia) is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for ...

responsible for specifying and promoting the

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technology called

HyperTransport HyperTransport (HT), formerly known as Lightning Data Transport, is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/ parallel high- bandwidth, low- latency point-to-point link that was introduced on Apri ...

Organizational form

The Technical Working Group along with several Task Forces manage the HyperTransport specification and drive new developments. A Marketing Working Group promotes the use of the technology and the consortium.

History

It was founded in 2001 by

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, Alliance Semiconductor,

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, and

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. As of 2009 it has over 50 members.

Executives

As of 2009, Mike Uhler of AMD is the President of the Consortium, Mario Cavalli is the General Manager, Brian Holden of PMC-Sierra is both the Vice President and the Chair of the Technical Working Group, Deepika Sarai is the Treasurer.

External links

HyperTransport Consortium web site

Technology Page

Link Technical Specifications

HTX and DUT Connector Specifications

White Papers
Technology consortia Computer buses