HyperTransport¿ System Architecture

by MindShare, Inc.; Trodden, Jay; Anderson, Don

• ISBN13: 9780321168450
• ISBN10: 0321168453
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-11
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Important book with no competition based on a successful course from Mindshare.

Author Biography

MindShare, Inc. is one of the leading technical training companies in the hardware industry, providing innovative courses for dozens of companies, including Intel, IBM, and Compaq.

Jay Trodden has a background as an electrical engineer and computer hardware designer. For the past five years, he has been an instructor for MindShare.

Don Anderson is the author of many MindShare books. He passes on his wealth of experience in digital electronics and computer design by training engineers, programmers, and technicians for MindShare.

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Table of Contents

About This Book.

I. OVERVIEW OF HYPERTRANSPORT.

Introduction to HyperTransport.
HT Architectural Overview.

II. HYPERTRANSPORT CORE TOPICS.

Signal Groups.
Packet Protocol.
Flow Control.
IO Ordering.
Transaction Examples.
HT Interrupts.
System Management.
Error Detection And Handling.
Routing Packets.
Reset & Initialization.
Device Configuration.
Electrical.
Clocking.

III. HYPERTRANSPORT OPTIONAL TOPICS.

HyperTransport Bridges.
Double-Hosted Chains.
HT Power Management.
Networking Extensions.

IV. HYPERTRANSPORT LEGACY SUPPORT.

I/O Compatibility.
Address Remapping.
X86 CPU Compatibility.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Index. 0321168453T11262002.

Excerpts

The MindShare Architecture SeriesThe MindShare Architecture book series currently includes the books listed below. Rather than duplicating common information in each book, the series uses the building-block approach. Generally speaking,ISA System Architectureis the core book upon which the others build. In a sense, it is a PC-compatibility book. The entire book series is published by Addison-Wesley. Books about Processor Architecture: 80486 System Architecture, Third Edition, 0-201-40994-1 Pentium Processor System Architecture Second Edition, 0-201-40992-5 Pentium Pro and Pentium II System Architecture, Second Edition, 0-201-30973-4 Power PC System Architecture, 0-201-40990-9 Books About Bus Architecture: PCI System Architecture, Fourth Edition, 0-201-30974-2 PCI-X System Architecture, 0-201-72682-3 EISA System Architecture, 0-201-40995-X--Out-of-print Firewire System Architecture, Second Edition: IEEE 1394a, 0-201-48535-4 ISA System Architecture, Third Edition, 0-201-40996-8 Universal Serial Bus System Architecture, 0-201-46137-4 HyperTransport System Architecture, 0-321-16845-3 Books About Network Architecture: Network Architecture Infiniband Network Architecture, 0-321-11765-4 Books About Other Architectures: PCMCIA System Architecture, Second Edition: 16-Bit PC Cards, 0-201-40991-7 CardBus System Architecture, 0-201-40997-6 Plug and Play System Architecture, 0-201-41013-3 Protected Mode Software Architecture, 0-201-55447-X AGP System Architecture, 0-201-37964-3 Cautionary NoteThe reader should keep in mind that MindShare's book series often details rapidly evolving technologies. That being the case, it should be recognized that the book is a "snapshot" of the state of the technology at the time the book was completed. We make every attempt to produce our books on a timely basis, but the next revision of the specification is not introduced in time to make necessary changes.At the time of this writing, the HyperTransport I/O Link Specification Revision 1.04 is released. The 1.04 revision of the specification does not deal with the networking extensions but much of the work on the HyperTransport 1.05 and 1.1 revisions has been done by the HyperTransport Technical Working Group, and quite a bit of preliminary information on this important addition to the protocol has been released. Some of the more important additions to these specifications are summarized in this book. Please check the MindShare Web site ( www.mindshare.com ) for supplemental information, updates, and errata. Intended AudienceThis book is intended for use by hardware and software design and support personnel. The tutorial approach taken may also make it useful to technical personnel not directly involved design, verification, and other support functions. Prerequisite KnowledgeIt is recommended that the reader has a reasonable background in PC architecture, including experience or knowledge of an I/O bus and related protocol. The MindShare publication entitledISA System Architecturefocuses on various aspects of PCI architecture and provides the necessary background. Topics and OrganizationTopics covered in this book and the flow of the book are as follows: Part 1: Overview of HyperTransport Chapter 1: Introduction to HyperTransport Chapter 2: HT Architectural Overview Part 2: HyperTransport Core Topics Chapter 3: Signal Groups Chapter 4: Packet Protocol Chapter 5: Flow Control Chapter 6: I/O Ordering Chapter 7: Transaction Examples Chapter 8: HT Interr