VIA : support officiel de l’HyperTransport

VIA a annoncé hier dans

ce communiqué de presse qu’il supportait officiellement la technologie
HyperTransport de AMD.

"Taipei, Taiwan, 26
June 2002 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of
silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced support
for HyperTransport™ technology, the next generation I/O chip interconnection
by joining the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. HyperTransport is a
high-speed, scalable, low pin count interconnect suitable for a complete range
of applications from PC systems to games consoles and mobile devices.

HyperTransport complements
VIA’s current portfolio of high performance I/O technologies," commented
Richard Brown, Director of Marketing at VIA Technologies, Inc. "The high
bandwidth, low latency chip interconnect can deliver enhanced system
performance across VIA’s platforms and will be a significant component of
future chip designs including VIA K8 Series Chipsets for the upcoming AMD
Opteron™ and eighth-generation AMD Athlon™ processors"