Common System Interface

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The Common System Interface (or "CSI") is a processor interconnect standard being developed by Intel, as a competitor to HyperTransport. It will replace the front-side bus for Xeon and Itanium 2 platforms. It is expected to released in 2008 and will first be used by Intel's Nehalem and Tukwila.^{[citation needed]}

Performance numbers for CSI are reported to be 6.4 GigaTransactions per second (GT/s) per direction.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• HyperTransport
• Front side bus

[edit] References

• http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28298
• http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20184
• http://www.techbuilder.org/news/60404730
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/intel_csi_low/
• http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?NewsID=361&section=news&date=05-05-2006#361
• http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,39434561,00.htm