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IBTA Updates HPC Community on the Continued Evolution of InfiniBand at SC16

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-19T17:12:18+00:00November 14, 2016|

Starting this week, the international supercomputing community will gather in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Supercomputing Conference 2016 (SC16). The event includes six days of timely and informative presentations, papers, tutorials, research posters, exhibits and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. SC16 gives scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, system administrators and developers the opportunity to [...]

New RoCE Interoperability List Features Higher Test Speeds, Additional Vendors

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:08:21+00:00August 24, 2016|

It’s that time again! Having finalized the RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) test results from Plugfest 29, the IBTA is pleased to announce the availability of the new RoCE Interoperability List. Designed to support data center managers, CIOs and other IT decision makers with their planned RoCE deployments for enterprise and high [...]

Incorporate Networking into Hyperconverged Integrated Systems to Gain a Market Advantage

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:07:16+00:00August 22, 2016|

The concept of hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) emerged as data centers considered new ways to increase resource utilization by reducing infrastructure inefficiencies and complexities. HCIS is primarily a software-defined platform that integrates compute, storage, networking resources. The HCIS market is expected to grow 79 percent to reach almost $2 billion this year, [...]

Dive into RDMA’s Impact on NVMe Devices at the 2016 Flash Memory Summit

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T00:41:21+00:00August 5, 2016|

Next week, storage experts will gather at the 2016 Flash Memory Summit (FMS) in Santa Clara, CA, to discuss the current state of flash memory applications and how these technologies are enabling new designs for many products in the consumer and enterprise markets. This year’s program will include three days packed with [...]

Life in the Fast Lane: InfiniBand Continues to Reign as HPC Interconnect of Choice

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:09:20+00:00July 8, 2016|

TOP500.org recently released its latest account of the world’s most powerful supercomputers and, as with previous reports, InfiniBand leads the way. The 47th edition of the bi-annual list shows that 205 of the fastest commercially available systems are accelerated by InfiniBand and OpenFabrics Software (OFS). The InfiniBand fabric, with the OFS open [...]

InfiniBand Experts Discuss Latest Trends and Opportunities at OFA Workshop 2016

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T00:53:09+00:00May 24, 2016|

Each year, OpenFabrics Software (OFS) users and developers gather at the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Workshop to discuss and tackle the most recent challenges facing the high performance storage and networking industry. OFS is an open-source software that enables maximum application efficiency and performance agnostically over RDMA fabrics, including InfiniBand and RDMA over [...]

InfiniBand-based Supercomputer to Power New Discoveries at the Library of Alexandria

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:14:54+00:00May 17, 2016|

Thriving civilizations, both past and present, tend to have one important characteristic in common – a vast, dynamic knowledge base. Whether it be the latest advancements in agriculture, civil engineering or battlefield tactics, technological innovation frequently determined the level and reach of a nation’s influence. One of the most prominent examples of [...]

OpenFabrics Software Users and Developers Receive InfiniBand Virtualization Update at the 2016 OFA Workshop

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:17:31+00:00April 26, 2016|

The InfiniBand architecture is a proven network interconnect standard that provides benefits for bandwidth, efficiency and latency, while also boasting an extensive roadmap of future performance increases. Initially adopted by the High Performance Computing industry, a growing number of enterprise data centers are demanding the performance capabilities that InfiniBand has to offer. [...]

Plugfest 28 Results Highlight Expanding InfiniBand EDR 100 Gb/s & RoCE Ecosystems

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:19:59+00:00March 21, 2016|

We are excited to announce the availability of our latest InfiniBand Integrators’ List and RoCE Interoperability List. The two lists make up the backbone of our Integrators’ Program and are designed to support data center managers, CIOs and other IT decision makers with their planned InfiniBand and RoCE deployments for enterprise and [...]

Plugfest #29 Registration Now Open, Next Integrators’ List on the Horizon

Kaitlyn Gooding2018-03-15T01:27:20+00:00February 24, 2016|

Registration is now open for the 29th InfiniBand Compliance and Interoperability Plugfest! Join us April 4-15, 2016, at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Interoperability Lab (IOL) where InfiniBand and RoCE vendors will gather to measure their products for compliance with the InfiniBand architecture specification. Also, participants will have the opportunity to [...]

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