HyperTransport High Node Count Specification

The HyperTransport High Node Count (HNC) Specification addresses the growing industry demand for scalable, resource-sharing, resource-efficient, energy-efficient and cost-optimized computing platforms for data center, cloud computing and High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. HNC is the result of extensive collaboration between Consortium members with leading expertise in processor technology, large scale systems and high performance subsystem technology.

By clicking on the document icons below you will be able to download an HNC introduction overview and a white paper titled “Scalable Computing – Why and How”, which explore HNC’s values and target applications.

Access and Commercial Licensing Rights to High Node Count Specification

The HNC Specification can be accessed by Promoter and Contributor members of the HyperTransport Consortium, who have licensing rights to commercially implement and market all or any subset of the HNC Specification features in a company-proprietary way.

If your company is a Promoter or Contributor member of the HyperTransport Consortium, you can promptly access and download the High Node Count Specification by clicking on the Member Login button above and by accessing the Consortium's online Technical Working Group (TWG) Extended Technical Support Database.

If you are part of a Promoter or Contributor member company and have not yet obtained log-in access to the HyperTransport Online Technical Support Repositories, please click here to request it.

If your company is an HyperTransport Consortium Adopter member, the HNC Specification is one more reason to upgrade to Contributor-level or Promoter-level membership and gain extended rights, visibility and influence on HyperTransport technology. Click here and here for more information about high-level membership advantages and let us know if your company would like to upgrade to high level membership.

If your company is not yet a HyperTransport Consortium member, we encourage you to visit our HyperTransport Consortium membership pages to learn more about HyperTransport Consortium membership classes, benefits, fees and how to apply for membership.