Taps Top Engineering Talent At Prestigious Universities Around the World
SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 16, 2007 – Gaining increased access to esteemed researchers and
scientists around the globe, the HyperTransport™ Technology Consortium today announced it has added
eight prestigious academic institutions to its membership roster. The Consortium, an organization
dedicated to developing, promoting and licensing the industry’s lowest latency, highest bandwidth
HyperTransport interconnect technology, extends free membership to any accredited educational
institution. Membership provides full access to HyperTransport technology and intellectual property (IP)
for educational purposes. In turn, academic institutions can play an active role in the development of
innovative HyperTransport-based platforms and tools that further advance the capability and applicability
of HyperTransport technology.
“Our academic members have made significant contributions to the HyperTransport standard, by
identifying innovative ways to stretch the boundaries of HyperTransport performance and by providing
increased development support, objective counsel and significant engineering prowess,” said Mario
Cavalli, general manager of the HyperTransport Consortium. “Through wider academic membership
participation, the Consortium can innovate more rapidly and extend its lead with the highest performance
interconnect technology in the industry.”
New members include the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia), Simula Research Lab
(Oslo, Norway), Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), University of Hannover
(Hannover, Germany), University of Murcia (Murcia, Spain), Dzemal Bijedic University (Mostar, Bosnia-
Herzegovina), Institute of Computer Science of FORTH (Heraklion, Crete) and the University of Castilla
La Mancha (La Mancha, Spain).
Accomplishments Through Academia: Center of Excellence
Over the last few years, academic members have provided substantial support to the HyperTransport
Consortium. Universities have helped develop and distribute OEM reference design kits, IP solutions and
in-depth documentation, while also providing engineering services to designers of products based on
HyperTransport technology. The University of Mannheim, for example, has been instrumental in
establishing and maintaining the Center of Excellence for HyperTransport Technology (CoEHT). The
CoEHT provides product validation and compatibility testing for systems and subsystems based on the
HyperTransport and HTX connectivity standards.
Universities Support HyperTransport
"High-performance interconnect technology is a crucial enabler for effectively coupling commodity
accelerators to multi-core systems," said Sudhakar Yalamanchili, the Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the
Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Membership in the HyperTransport
Consortium provides academics with invaluable intellectual and engineering insights into a leading
interconnect standard and the ecosystem that surrounds it. Such insights and interactions have a
tremendous positive influence on our research and curricular activities." Georgia Tech offers one of the
largest programs of its kind in the U.S. with over 110 faculty members employed and more than 2,300
students enrolled.
"We are thrilled to be a member of the Hypertransport Consortium -- one of the most important forums for
any academic researcher with interests in interconnection networks,” said Olav Lysne, professor and
director of research at Simula Research Laboratory. “Our membership provides us with very up-to-date
knowledge on the progress of the most important interconnect technology in the industry, and gives us
the opportunity to participate in discussions with an immensely strong and knowledgeable group of
researchers and engineers." Simula Research Laboratory is a government-funded research institution in
Oslo, Norway. Its mission is to do basic long-term research with a strong link to real applications. Its team
on interconnection networks has a strong history, both in academic publication of research results, as well
as delivering solutions to the industry.
“With its low latency and high bandwidth interconnect, HyperTransport technology provides the high-
performance interconnect links we require,” said Daniel Franco, professor of the Computer Achitecture
and Operating Systems (CAOS) group at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. “These high-
performance links empower our in-depth research into the configuration and evaluation of high-
performance computer architecture, as well as our dynamic resource management studies of
interconnection systems.” The CAOS at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona is a competitive
research group that focuses its activities in the areas of parallel processing, ranging from parallel
applications to multiprocessor systems.
"As a member of the Consortium, we look forward to collaborating with other members to further advance
the standard,” said Konstantin Septinus, research member of the Institute of Microelectronic Systems at
the University of Hannover. “We bring extensive expertise to the Consortium, which will help us to
evaluate related I/O interfacing implementations and influence the future direction of the standard.” The
Institute of Microelectronic Systems is a technology branch of the Leibniz University of Hannover.
Activities comprise conception, design and evaluation of VLSI architectures and assigned VLSI circuits.
“Our advanced research in the areas of multiprocessor architectures, such as scalable cache-coherent
protocols for cc-NUMAs, and chip multiprocessor architectures, including fault-tolerant designs,
coherence protocols and power consumption, will benefit significantly through the use of HyperTransport
technology,” said Jose Manuel Garcia Carrasco, professor of the Parallel Computer Architecture Group at
the University of Murcia. “We expect to develop more efficient and scalable cache-coherent protocols
using HyperTransport, and believe that our membership will keep us informed of the latest technological
developments.” The Parallel Computer Architecture Group at the University of Murcia is one of the
leading research groups at the Faculty of Computer Engineering. The University is a public higher
education institution that comprises 16 areas of study and 5 Technical Schools (including 77 departments
and 4 research institutes).
"We believe that HyperTransport technology has a great impact on the computer systems architecture in
general,” said Leid Zejnilovic, research member of Computer Systems Architecture Laboratory and
professor at Dzemal Bijedic University. “By joining the Consortium, we gained access to member-only
technical information that will enrich our teaching capacity and influence research at our recently
established lab. In addition, by attending Consortium events, we gain the opportunity to learn something
new and make contacts with other academic and industry members. This will significantly help our
development and international cooperation." The Faculty of Information Technology is a young
and dynamic institution with approximately 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students at Dzemal Bijedic
University in Mostar. The goal is to develop world-class educational and research facilities for advanced
technologies.
"High-speed interconnects are the backbone of current and future computing systems, where more and
more processors work closely together;” said Manolis Katevenis, head of the Computer Architecture and
VLSI Systems Laboratory, Institute of Computer Science of FORTH. “Our institute has been
conducting research in this area for over 20 years, enabling us to make significant technical contributions
to the Consortium." The Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH) is the premier
research center in Greece, located in Heraklion, Crete.
“We look forward to working with the HyperTransport Consortium’s Technical Working Group to develop
and submit technical proposals that will advance the standard,” said Paco Quiles, professor at the
University of Castilla La Mancha. “Our extensive experience in advanced interconnect technology will
enable us to work closely with other Consortium members and contribute considerably toward the
progress of the HyperTransport standard.” The University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM) is a public
higher education institution dedicated to teaching, research and the dissemination of knowledge. The
University has a large number of world-class research groups. The High Performance Architecture and
Networks group (RAAP) is part of the Albacete Research Institute of Informatics: a Regional Centre of
Excellence. Members of the RAAP Lab are devoted to development and innovation, focusing on the
design and evaluation of computer network systems based on state-of-the-art computer and
communications technologies, such as high-performance interconnects, wireless and broadband
communications networks.
About the HyperTransport™ Technology Consortium
The HyperTransport Technology Consortium is a membership-based, non-profit organization that
licenses, manages and promotes HyperTransport Technology. The HyperTransport Consortium
was founded in 2001 by leading technology innovators like Advanced Micro Devices, Apple,
Broadcom, Cisco, NVIDIA, PMC-Sierra and Sun Microsystems and counts on more than
50 industry-leading member companies worldwide, including Dell, HP and IBM. Membership is based on
a yearly fee and it is open to companies interested in licensing the royalty-free use of HyperTransport
technology and intellectual property. Consortium members have full access to the HyperTransport
technical documents database, they may attend Consortium meetings and events and may benefit from a
variety of technical and marketing services, including the new, member-driven web portal, whose
business benefits are part of a wide array of services offered by the Consortium free of charge to member
companies. To learn more about member benefits and how to become a Consortium member, please
visit the Consortium Web site at
www.hypertransport.org.
