Alliance Semiconductor Introduces New Bridge

Enterprise Networks & Servers, Feb 2004

Alliance Semiconductor has released the AS90L10204 HyperTransport-to-PCI-X Bridge, optimized for compute applications including workstations, computer servers, server blades, workstations and desktop PCs.

Alliance's AS90L10204, works with AMD's Opteron and Athlon families of X86-microprocessors, as well as with Transmeta's Efficeon microprocessor. The AS90L10204, microprocessor and South Bridge, create a three-piece chipset that bridges the HyperTransport interface from the Opteron, Athlon or Efficeon microprocessors to the PCI-X bus. This enables system manufacturers to tap into the infrastructure of peripherals and system components based on PCI-X, such as Network Interface Cards, RAID controllers, Host Bus Adaptors and others.

"The AS90L10204 HyperTransport-to-PCI-X Bridge expands the possibilities of today's PC and server system architectures by providing new design options based on the HyperTransport technology," said Robert Napaa, vice president of marketing and business development for Alliance's System Solutions Business Unit. "By using our AS90L10204, customers can design,, manufacture and market high-capacity, cost-effective workstations, computer servers, server blades, workstations and desktop PCs."

The AS90L10204 supports two 8-bit HyperTransport interfaces that provide 1.6Gbps of bandwidth in each direction and a single 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X bus which enables the connectivity to a variety of PCI-X based peripherals and add-on cards.

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