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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trodden, Jay.

HyperTransport system architecture / Mindshare, Inc., Jay Trodden & Don Anderson.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-321-16845-3 (alk. paper)

1. Data transmission systems. 2. Integrated circuits. 3. Computer architecture. I. Anderson, Don, 1953 “ II. Mindshare, Inc. III. Title.

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004.6 ”dc21 2002043927

Copyright 2003 by MindShare, Inc.

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Dedication

For our wives, Victoria and Susan