Abstract
Non-proprietary I/O is seeing an increasing presence within the central
processing, printed circuit board, and IP communities. HyperTransport, PCI
Express, and RapidIO benefit from the strength of central special interest
groups (SIG). The SIG becomes the central point of aggregation for improving
I/O standards. HyperTransport 3.0 increased frequency from 1.4GHz per trace
line to 2.6GHz per line. PCI Express, the standard which currently has a 2.0
revision before its membership, increases the effective frequency from 2.5GHz
to 5GHz. Serial RapidIO also has a 2.0 revision before its members that
increases frequency from 3.125Gbaud to 6.25Gbaud.
The increased bandwidths serve to make the I/O more functional, but the
non-proprietary I/O is stretching out to new usages. In PCI Express 2.0, the
PCI-SIG is developing standards for cabling as well as defining single-root
virtualization I/O. With HyperTransport 3.0, methods for power consumption as
well as for cabling are introduced. The RapidIO Trade Association, for Serial
RapidIO 2.0, helped to define a new Management and Flow Control mechanism that
can process payloads of as many as 64KB from 64,000 different senders.
This In-Stat report examines what the implications of changes in the I/O means
on a device level. For example, the I/O requirements are different for
portable devices than for personal computers. The usages of HyperTransport,
PCI Express, and RapidIO are forecast for devices from 2004-2010.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Technology Overview of Non-Proprietary Interconnects
- Comparing and Contrasting HyperTransport, PCI Express and Serial RapidIO
- PCI and PCI-X
- PCI Express 1.0 (1.1)
- PCI Express 2.0
- Formal Specifications for PCI Express 2.0
- PCI-SIG Specifications Aside from PCI Express 2.0
- Geneseo
- Extensions to the PCI Standard
- CompactPCI and PXI Standards
- Molex and Quellan
- PCI Express Switches and Bridges
- PLX Technology, IDT, and Pericom Products
- HyperTransport
- The Origin of HyperTransport Through HyperTransport 2.0
- HTX Connector
- HyperTransport 3.0
- Mobilizing the HT Consortium Membership
- AMD Architecture
- Torrenza
- Torrenza, HyperTransport, or HTX Connector Products
- RapidIO
- Parallel RapidIO
- Serial RapidIO
- Serial RapidIO 2.0
- The Rise of Serial RapidIO
- Products Using RapidIO
- Paradigm Shifts in Computing
- Multicore Processing
- The Role of FPGAs in Co-Processing
- Interconnects by Application
- Personal Computers
- Ultra Mobile Personal Computers
- Embedded PCB (Industrial PCs)
- Medical Devices
- Defense Industry
- Supercomputers
- Edge Routers and Core Routers
- X86 Servers
- W-CDMA (New Base Stations)
- Consumer Electronics
- Commercial Digital Video Recorders
- Storage Area Networks
- Automotive Systems
- Communications Boards
- Non-Proprietary I/Os Consumer Devices Using Proprietary I/O
- Game Consoles
- Set Top Boxes
- Handheld Devices, Including Cell Phones
- Broadband Customer Premise Equipment
- Roll-up of Tables
- Methodology
- Methodology II
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Comparison Table for HyperTransport 3.0, PCI Express 2.0, and
Serial RapidIO 2.0
- Table 2. Bit-Width Paths for PCI Express, HyperTransport, and Rapid IO
- Table 3. Lane Iterations in PCIe Switching Products
- Table 4. PLX Technology Switch and Bridge Product Family
- Table 5. IDT PCI Express Switch Product Family
- Table 6. Interconnections in Personal Computers (Units in Thousands)
- Table 7. Interconnections in Ultra Mobile PCs (Units in Thousands)
- Table 8. Interconnections in Embedded PCB Boards (Units in Thousands)
- Table 9. Interconnections in Medical Devices (Units in Thousands)
- Table 10. Interconnections in the Defense Industry (Units in Thousands)
- Table 11. Interconnections of New Processors in Super Computers Top500
(Units in Thousands)
- Table 12. Interconnections in Edge and Core Routers (Units in Thousands)
- Table 13. Interconnections in x86 Servers (Units in Thousands)
- Table 14. Interconnections in W-CDMA Base Stations (Units in Thousands)
- Table 15. Interconnections in Consumer Electronics (Units in Thousands)
- Table 16. Interconnections in Commercial Digital Video Recorders (Units in
Thousands)
- Table 17. Interconnections in Storage Area Networks (Units in Thousands)
- Table 18. Interconnections in the Automotive Industry (Units in Thousands)
- Table 19. Interconnections Used in Communications Boards (Units in
Thousands)
- Table 20. Products Using PCI and PCI-X (Units in Thousands)
- Table 21. Products Using PCI Express (Units in Thousands)
- Table 22. Products Using HyperTransport (Units in Thousands)
- Table 23. Products Using Serial RapidIO (Units in Thousands)
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Number of Devices Using Non-Proprietary IO (Units in Thousands),
2004-2010
- Figure 2. Where Interconnects Belong
- Figure 3. A History of PCI and PCI-X Standards, 1992-Present
- Figure 4. PCI Express Roadmap
- Figure 5. Common Partners in Torrenza Platform
- Figure 6. Celoxica RCHTX Card for High Performance Computing
- Figure 7. Tundra Semiconductors Tsi109 Host Bridge
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