Omni-Path

E116598

high-performance computing interconnect technology network interconnect

Omni-Path is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel as an alternative to InfiniBand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfer in supercomputing and data center environments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Omni-Path canonical	3
Omni-Path director switch	1
Omni-Path endpoints	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Omni-Path
Context triple: [InfiniBand, competesWith, Omni-Path]

A. Langway
Langway is the surname of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame National Hockey League defenseman known for his defensive prowess with the Washington Capitals.
B. Eden Course
Eden Course is one of the historic golf courses at St Andrews in Scotland, known for its classic links layout and coastal setting.
C. Sakai
Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
D. Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
E. The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Omni-Path
Target entity description: Omni-Path is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel as an alternative to InfiniBand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfer in supercomputing and data center environments.

A. Langway
Langway is the surname of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame National Hockey League defenseman known for his defensive prowess with the Washington Capitals.
B. Eden Course
Eden Course is one of the historic golf courses at St Andrews in Scotland, known for its classic links layout and coastal setting.
C. Sakai
Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
D. Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
E. The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-performance computing interconnect technology ⓘ network interconnect ⓘ
abbreviation	OPA ⓘ
alternativeTo	InfiniBand ⓘ
category	HPC interconnect ⓘ data center networking technology ⓘ
competesWith	Ethernet-based HPC interconnects ⓘ InfiniBand ⓘ
connects	HPC fabric switches ⓘ compute nodes ⓘ storage systems ⓘ
designedFor	high-bandwidth data transfer ⓘ low-latency data transfer ⓘ
developer	Intel ⓘ linked to: Intel Corporation
goal	to provide scalable fabric performance ⓘ to reduce total cost of ownership for HPC fabrics ⓘ
hasComponent	Omni-Path director switch ⓘ linked to: Omni-Path Omni-Path edge switch ⓘ linked to: Omni-Path switch Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter ⓘ Omni-Path switch ⓘ
hasMarketingName	Intel Omni-Path Architecture ⓘ
integratesWith	Intel server platforms ⓘ x86-based HPC systems ⓘ
networkType	switched fabric ⓘ
optimizedFor	latency-sensitive HPC applications ⓘ tightly coupled parallel workloads ⓘ
provides	high node-to-node bandwidth ⓘ low communication latency ⓘ
supports	HPC applications ⓘ RDMA-like communication semantics ⓘ cluster management software integration ⓘ collective communication offload ⓘ large-scale MPI clusters ⓘ message passing interface workloads ⓘ multi-node parallel applications ⓘ partitioning of fabric resources ⓘ quality of service mechanisms ⓘ
supportsTopology	dragonfly topology ⓘ fat-tree topology ⓘ
transportLayer	reliable transport ⓘ unreliable transport ⓘ
usedBy	enterprise HPC users ⓘ research institutions ⓘ supercomputing centers ⓘ
usedIn	data center environments ⓘ high-performance computing clusters ⓘ supercomputing environments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

InfiniBand → competesWith → Omni-Path ⓘ

Omni-Path → hasComponent → Omni-Path director switch ⓘ

linked to: Omni-Path

Intel Omni-Path Architecture → alsoKnownAs → Omni-Path ⓘ

Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter → networkTechnology → Omni-Path ⓘ

Omni-Path switch → supports → Omni-Path endpoints ⓘ