> Intel developed QPI at its Massachusetts Microprocessor Design Center (MMDC) by > members of what had been the Alpha Development Group, which Intel had acqu

> Intel developed QPI at its Massachusetts Microprocessor Design Center (MMDC) by > members of what had been the Alpha Development Group, which Intel had acquired > from Compaq and HP and in turn originally came from Digital Equipment > Corporation (DEC).[8] Its development had been reported as early as 2004 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_QuickPath_Interconnect#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_QuickPath_Interconnect#B... QPI was Intel's answer to the competition AMD's Athlon / HyperTransport had created