Why is HyperTransport technology inexpensive to implement?
There are several factors that make implementing HyperTransport less expensive as a business investment than other interconnects. • First: HyperTransport is a royalty-free technology. This means that each system shipped using HyperTransport technology is free from any per-product royalty dues – a typically burdensome financial exposure of typical technology licensing schemes. • Second: The other factors have to do with the structure of HyperTransport’s electrical medium. Specifically, enhanced 1.2 volt LVD signaling minimizes signal noise; the use of much fewer, non-multiplexed interconnect lines reduces signal activity and dual-data rate data transfers lower clock rates while increasing data throughput. All of these factors contribute to minimizing PCB size and complexity as well as overall manufacturing costs. • Third: Finally and most importantly, all HyperTransport specifications are backward-compatible with previous specification generations; therefore any investment in HyperTrans
