InfiniBand

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InfiniBand is a high-speed, low-latency communications standard commonly used as the interconnect fabric in supercomputers and large-scale data centers.

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Generate an image of InfiniBand (InfiniBand is a high-speed, low-latency communications standard commonly used as the interconnect fabric in supercomputers and large-scale data centers.)

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Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communications standard ⓘ
computer network technology ⓘ
high-speed interconnect ⓘ
interconnect fabric ⓘ
abbreviation IB ⓘ
addressingScheme globally unique identifiers ⓘ
local identifiers ⓘ
canCarry IP over InfiniBand ⓘ
MPI traffic ⓘ
storage protocols ⓘ
competesWith Ethernet ⓘ
NVLink (for some use cases) ⓘ
linked to: PCI Express

Omni-Path ⓘ
designedFor cluster computing ⓘ
data center interconnects ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ
governedBy InfiniBand Architecture Specification ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
hasComponent InfiniBand router ⓘ
InfiniBand switch ⓘ
host channel adapter ⓘ
target channel adapter ⓘ
hasGeneration Double Data Rate ⓘ
Enhanced Data Rate ⓘ
Fourteen Data Rate ⓘ
HDR200 ⓘ
High Data Rate ⓘ
NDR ⓘ
Quad Data Rate ⓘ
Single Data Rate ⓘ
XDR ⓘ
keyProperty high bandwidth ⓘ
low latency ⓘ
remote direct memory access support ⓘ
layerModel link layer ⓘ
network layer ⓘ
transport layer ⓘ
majorVendor HPE (via switches and adapters) ⓘ
Intel (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation

Mellanox Technologies ⓘ
NVIDIA ⓘ
linked to: NVIDIA Corporation
managementInterface Subnet Administration ⓘ
Subnet Manager ⓘ
physicalMedium copper cable ⓘ
optical fiber ⓘ
reliabilityMechanism end-to-end acknowledgments ⓘ
end-to-end credit-based flow control ⓘ
link-level retransmission ⓘ
standardizedBy InfiniBand Trade Association ⓘ
supportsFeature RDMA ⓘ
adaptive routing ⓘ
collective offload (SHARP on some implementations) ⓘ
hardware-based reliability ⓘ
kernel bypass ⓘ
link-level flow control ⓘ
multicast ⓘ
partitioning ⓘ
quality of service ⓘ
virtual lanes ⓘ
zero-copy networking ⓘ
supportsLinkWidth 12X ⓘ
1X ⓘ
4X ⓘ
8X ⓘ
supportsSpeedClass DDR ⓘ
EDR ⓘ
FDR ⓘ
HDR ⓘ
NDR ⓘ
QDR ⓘ
SDR ⓘ
XDR ⓘ
supportsTopology point-to-point connection ⓘ
switched fabric ⓘ
supportsTransport raw datagram ⓘ
reliable connection ⓘ
reliable datagram ⓘ
unreliable connection ⓘ
unreliable datagram ⓘ
supportsVirtualization SR-IOV ⓘ
multi-host adapters ⓘ
usedAs system area network ⓘ
usedFor AI and machine learning clusters ⓘ
database clustering ⓘ
distributed storage systems ⓘ
low-latency trading infrastructure ⓘ
message passing interface applications ⓘ
usedIn HPC clusters ⓘ
cloud computing infrastructure ⓘ
large-scale data centers ⓘ
storage networks ⓘ
supercomputers ⓘ

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Referenced by (48)

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Pleiades → interconnect → InfiniBand ⓘ
subject linked to: Pleiades supercomputer
InfiniBand → governedBy → InfiniBand Architecture Specification ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
Mellanox Technologies → technology → InfiniBand ⓘ
Solaris → supports → InfiniBand ⓘ
subject linked to: Solaris operating system
InfiniBand Trade Association → standardizes → InfiniBand architecture ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
InfiniBand Trade Association → produces → InfiniBand architecture specifications ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
InfiniBand Trade Association → promotes → InfiniBand adoption in high-performance computing ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
NDR → technologyDomain → InfiniBand ⓘ
NDR → successorOf → HDR InfiniBand ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
NDR → protocolFamily → InfiniBand architecture ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
NDR → usedWith → InfiniBand switches ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
XDR → precedes → QDR InfiniBand ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
XDR → comparedTo → SDR InfiniBand ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
XDR → usedWith → InfiniBand host channel adapters ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
XDR → conformsTo → InfiniBand architecture specification ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
HDR200 → networkTechnologyType → InfiniBand ⓘ
HDR200 → partOf → InfiniBand HDR family ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
Omni-Path → alternativeTo → InfiniBand ⓘ
Omni-Path → competesWith → InfiniBand ⓘ
HPE (via switches and adapters) → supportsStandard → InfiniBand architecture ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
NCCL → supportsHardware → InfiniBand ⓘ
Eyal Waldman → associatedWith → InfiniBand networking technology ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
RDMA → hasVariant → InfiniBand ⓘ
RoCE → competesWith → InfiniBand ⓘ
Michael Kagan → notableWork → InfiniBand networking technologies ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → focusesOn → InfiniBand architecture ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → develops → InfiniBand specification ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → develops → InfiniBand architecture specifications ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → develops → InfiniBand link layer specifications ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → promotes → InfiniBand technology ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IBTA → oversees → InfiniBand architecture ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IP over InfiniBand → runsOn → InfiniBand fabric ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IP over InfiniBand → category → InfiniBand ⓘ
IP over InfiniBand → uses → InfiniBand Global Identifiers ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
IP over InfiniBand → uses → InfiniBand multicast groups ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
OPA → competesWith → InfiniBand ⓘ
XtremIO → supportsProtocol → InfiniBand (for some internal or interconnect uses) ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
VPX → supports → InfiniBand (in some implementations) ⓘ
linked to: InfiniBand
SFF-8470 → usedWith → InfiniBand ⓘ
IBM Roadrunner → interconnect → InfiniBand ⓘ
subject linked to: IBM Roadrunner supercomputer
IBM QS22 → supportsInterconnect → InfiniBand (via expansion) ⓘ
subject linked to: IBM QS22 blade server
linked to: InfiniBand
SCSI over RDMA → runsOver → InfiniBand ⓘ
NFS over RDMA → canRunOver → InfiniBand ⓘ