Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-19T19:27:37+00:00February 10, 2012|
Recently, there has been a lot of conversation around InfiniBand. Members of the IBTA often take our knowledge of InfiniBand technology for granted, which is why we are happy to see more exploratory discussion and education conversations happening. If you're interested in finding out more about InfiniBand the IBTA has a number [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-19T19:28:29+00:00February 6, 2012|
Recently, QLogic Corporation sold Intel Corporation the QLogic InfiniBand business unit. QLogic continues its focus and expansion of its Ethernet product-line, as well as RoCE and iWARP protocols, amongst others, over Ethernet. QLogic remains committed to its close relationships and positions within the IBTA. Skip Jones IBTA Marketing Working Group Co-Chair
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-19T19:31:58+00:00January 20, 2012|
As we begin 2012, the InfiniBand Trade Association is not only looking back on our successes in 2011, but also mapping out our areas for growth in the coming year. In 2011, the IBTA: Continued to move toward Exascale level computing Welcomed new members Witnessed the world's first FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand demonstration [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-19T19:36:53+00:00October 5, 2011|
In September, I had the privilege of working with my friend and colleague, Paul Grun of System Fabric Works (SFW) on the first webinar in a four-part series, "Why I/O is Worth a Fresh Look," presented by InfiniBand Trade Association on September 23. The IBTA Fall Webinar Series is part of a [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:12:19+00:00July 1, 2011|
The HPC Advisory Council, together with ISC'11, showcased the world's first demonstration of FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand in Hamburg, Germany, June 20-22. The HPC Advisory Council is hosting and organizing new technology demonstrations at leading HPC conferences around the world to highlight new solutions which will influence future HPC systems in term of [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:13:59+00:00May 11, 2011|
As a member of the IBTA and as being the chairman of the HPC Advisory Council, I wanted to share with you some information on the important role of InfiniBand in the emerging hybrid (CPU-GPU) clustering architectures. The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:05:22+00:00January 21, 2011|
(Note: This article appears with reprint permission of The Exascale Reporttm) InfiniBand has been making remarkable progress in HPC, as evidenced by its growth in the Top5002 rankings of the highest performing computers. In the November 2010 update to these rankings, InfiniBand’s use increased another 18 percent, to help power 43 percent [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:11:15+00:00November 5, 2010|
Greetings InfiniBand Community, As many of you know, every fall before Supercomputing, over 100 volunteers - including scientists, engineers, and students - come together to build the world's fastest network: SCinet. This year, over 168 miles of fiber will be used to form the data backbone. The network takes months to build [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:16:40+00:00April 14, 2010|
Last week, the 12th edition of Russia's Top50 list of the most powerful high performance computing systems was released at the annual Parallel Computing Technologies international conference. The list is ranked according to Linpack benchmark results and provides an important tool for tracking usage trends in HPC in Russia. The fastest supercomputer [...]
Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-20T18:18:20+00:00March 26, 2010|
Most data centers are starting to realize the benefits of virtualization, cloud computing and automation. However, the heavy I/O requirements and intense need for better visibility and control quickly become key challenges that create inefficiencies and inhibit wider adoption of these advancements. InfiniBand coupled with intelligent fabric management software can address many [...]
