AMD PURCHASES HYPERTRANSPORT TEST SYSTEM FROM SCHLUMBERGER.Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SLB SLB Solomon Islands (ISO Country code) SLB Schlumberger Ltd. (oil field services firm) SLB Server Load Balancing SLB Sport Lisboa e Benfica (soccer) ), recemtly announced that AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE:AMD) has purchased the ITS9000ZX system, a high performance system that will be used to test the HyperTransport I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Link data bus technology. This advanced test system, the newest in the Schlumberger ITS9000 series, is expected to help speed development of AMD's next generation "Hammer" family of processors that employ HyperTransport technology. The new Schlumberger ITS9000ZX system targets companies that are developing HyperTransport technology-enabled products. The ITS9000ZX offers a 1.6Gbps data rate, true differential pin electronics, an integrated source synchronous Refers to events that are synchronized, or coordinated, in time. For example, the interval between transmitting A and B is the same as between B and C, and completing the current operation before the next one is started are considered synchronous operations. Contrast with asynchronous. timing solution, and configuration flexibility. More than 180 companies throughout the computer and communications industries communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. are currently working with the HyperTransport technology. On Tuesday, several industry leaders announced the formation of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium, which will manage specifications and drive the development of HyperTransport Technology. "It is important for all consortium members to have chip verification of HyperTransport technology-enabled devices," said Gabriele Sartori, president of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. "The Schlumberger ITS9000ZX system is one of the newest tools designed and developed to test HyperTransport technology." "Schlumberger has extensive experience in high performance digital test and, like AMD, a long record in driving technology at the leading edge," said Roger Pineiro, director of Product and Test Engineering at AMD. "HyperTransport technology poses one of the industry's most significant test challenges," stated Doug Cutsforth, vice president and general manager, Test Systems, Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion