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| Emerging Chip-to-Chip Interfaces: Making Connections
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This report identifies the key influential standard
chip-to-chip interfaces, and forecasts the uptake of each. Specifically, the report
looks at the penetration of HyperTransport, PCI Express and RapidIO, and also
provides insight into the market/application segments where they are more likely
to succeed.
PCI Express is just hitting the streets. Despite a few early missteps, few
would doubt that its proliferation will be rapid and complete – at least in the
PC arena. Its ability to reach beyond desktops, notebooks and servers remains
to be seen. HyperTransport, on the other hand, already has a track record – not
only in the PC market, but in game consoles and network switches and routers,
as well. Even with its head start, though, we do not expect HyperTransport to
be able to keep up with the sheer numbers that PCI Express will be able to amass.
The market for RapidIO has taken more time to germinate – but we see some embedded
markets in which RapidIO will find a warm welcome. Most notably, in 3G digital
cellular base stations. More broadly, though, watch for RapidIO anywhere there
are embedded systems with host controllers surrounded by a stable of DSPs.
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Introduction
- Technology Overview
- HyperTransport
- PCI Express
- Rapid IO
- Market Overview
- HyperTransport
- PCI Express
- RapidIO
- Interfaces
by Application
- Computing
- Networking
- Telecommunications
- Consumer
Electronics
- Competitors
and Other Market Drivers
- Summary Forecast
- Table 1. Summary
market forecast for HyperTransport, PCI Express, and RapidIO. 2003-2008
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 2. A top-level
comparison of HyperTransport, PCI Express and RapidIO
- Table 3. Range
of throughput (MBps) offered by HyperTransport, assuming that links
in each direction are the same width
- Table 4. Range
of throughput (MBps) offered by PCI Express, derived by adding available
throughput for each direction
- Table 5. Range
of throughput (MBps) offered by RapidIO
- Table 6. Forecast
of Worldwide PC shipments with HyperTransport: 2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 7. Forecast
of Worldwide Server shipments with HyperTransport: 2003-2008 (Units
in Thousands)
- Table 8. Forecast
of Worldwide shipments of Windows and Apple PCs with HyperTransport:
2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 9. Forecast
of Worldwide PC shipments with PCI Express: 2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 10. Forecast
of Worldwide PC shipments with PCI: 2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 11. Forecast
of Worldwide Server shipments with PCI-X and PCI Express: 2003-2008
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 12. Forecast
of Edge and Core Routers with HyperTransport: 2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 13. Forecast
of Worldwide new W-CDMA channels with RapidIO interfaces.: 2003-2008
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 14. Forecast
of Worldwide Videogame Consoles with HyperTransport, 2003-2008 (Units
in Thousands)
- Table 15. Summary
Forecast of Worldwide HyperTransport, Rapid IO, and PCI Express Systems,
2003-2008 (Units in Thousands)
- Figure 1. Basic
HyperTransport Performance Characteristics
- Figure 2. The evolution
of server I/O standards over time - a comparison of standards and the
throughput provided
- Figure 3. Moving
from ISA to VL-Bus in the early '90s
- Figure 4. Transitioning
graphics back off the processor bus - to PCI
- Figure 5. System
block diagram comparing where HyperTransport and PCI Express fit
- Figure 6. Comparison
of PCs enabled with PCI and PCI Express: 2003-2008
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