Omni-Path

Omni-Path is a high-performance communication architecture owned by Intel. This communication architecture offers low communication latency, low power consumption and a high throughput. Intel plans to develop technology based on this architecture that will serve as the on-ramp to exascale computing.[1][2][3]

Production of Omni-Path products started in 2015 and mass delivery of these products started in the first quarter of 2016. In November 2015, adapters were launched using QSFP28 connectors with channels speeds up to 100 Gbit/s. Simultaneously, switches based on the 48-port "Prairie River" ASIC were launched.[4]

API

As of April 2016, implementation of the InfiniBand verbs API for the Omni-Path fabric is under development.[5]

Alternatives

In October 2016, IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, Seagate Technology, Micron, Western Digital and SK Hynix announced a joint consortium to develop an open specification and architecture for non-volatile storage and memory products—including Intel's forthcoming 3D Xpoint—which will in part compete against Omni-Path.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Intel Architects High Performance Computing System Designs to Bring Power of Supercomputing Mainstream". Intel. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Intel Reveals Details for Future High-Performance Computing System Building Blocks as Momentum Builds for Intel® Xeon Phi™ Product". Intel. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Richard Chirgwin (17 November 2015). "Intel's Omni-Path InfiniBand-killer debuts at sizzling 100 Gb/sec". The Register. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Intel Announces New Details for Future HPC Products and Extended Industry Collaborations at ISC 2015" (PDF). Intel. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Weiny, Ira (5 April 2016). "Extending RDMA for Alternative Fabrics" (PDF). 12th Annual OpenFabrics Workshop.
  6. ↑ Shah, Agam (11 October 2016). "Hardware makers unite to challenge Intel with Gen-Z spec". cio.com. CIO. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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