Bill Lee, Author at RoCE Initiative

IBTA Enhances Data Center Performance and Management with New InfiniBand Architecture Specification Releases

By Bill Lee The ever-increasing need for higher performance in the world of supercomputing demands interconnect solutions provide continuously faster speeds, lower latency and advanced telemetry and configuration options. The InfiniBand® Trade Association (IBTA) continues to meet these industry demands by providing enhancements to InfiniBand scalability and optimization. With the public availability of the InfiniBand Architecture Specification Volume 1 Release [...]

By Bill Lee|April 21, 2020|

InfiniBand® Accelerates World’s Top Three Supercomputers While HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand Debuts on TOP500 List

By Bill Lee The 53rd edition of the TOP500 List, a ranking of the world’s fastest supercomputers, was released this month. The IBTA is excited to share that InfiniBand accelerates the top three supercomputers in the world and six of the top 10 systems. Additionally, HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand, the fastest end to end interconnect technology currently available, has made its debut on [...]

By Bill Lee|July 1, 2019|

RDMA for the Enterprise: Enabling the Modern Data Center

By Bill Lee The IBTA is excited to announce the publication of Enabling the Modern Data Center – RDMA for the Enterprise, a booklet that expands on the application and value of RDMA in data centers serving the enterprise, the cloud, and the World Wide Web. This booklet is a companion to Introduction to InfiniBand™ for End Users, a mini-book [...]

By Bill Lee|May 21, 2019|

TOP500 List Results: InfiniBand Powers World’s Top Three Fastest Supercomputers, RoCE’s Impact Continues to Grow

The 52nd edition of the TOP500 List, a ranking of the world’s fastest supercomputers, was released this past November. Once again, the List highlights that InfiniBand is the top choice for the most powerful and advanced supercomputers in the world, including the reigning #1 system - Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Summit. The TOP500 List results not only report that [...]

By Bill Lee|December 19, 2018|

TOP500 List Results: InfiniBand Powers World’s Fastest Supercomputer, RoCE Gaining Traction

The latest results of the TOP500 List, which ranks the world’s fastest supercomputers, have been released for the first half of 2018. The IBTA is excited to highlight that Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Summit system, the new most powerful supercomputer in the world, is accelerated by InfiniBand EDR. InfiniBand powers the top three and four of the top five systems. [...]

By Bill Lee|August 7, 2018|

2018 Edition of RoCE Deployment Guide Now Available

The IBTA through its RoCE Initiative is proud to announce the second edition of the RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) Deployment Guide, a technical resource to supplement the IBTA’s RoCE educational program. The second edition of the RoCE Deployment Guide reflects both a growing industry interest in RoCE technology’s network acceleration capabilities as well as the increasing number of RoCE-capable [...]

By Bill Lee|August 2, 2018|

Latest InfiniBand and RoCE Developments a Major Focus at the OpenFabrics Alliance Workshop 2018

The annual OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Workshop is a premier means of fostering collaboration among those in the OpenFabrics community and advanced networking industry as a whole. Known for being the only event of its kind, the OFA Workshop allows attendees to discuss emerging fabric technologies, collaborate on future industry requirements, and address remaining challenges. The week-long event is made up [...]

By Bill Lee|May 31, 2018|

InfiniBand Leads the TOP500 List, is Preferred Fabric of Leading AI and Deep Learning Systems

The latest iteration of the bi-annual TOP500 List reveals that InfiniBand not only powers the world’s first and fourth fastest supercomputers, but it is also the preferred interconnect for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning systems. Furthermore, the latest results show InfiniBand continues to be the most used high-speed interconnect in the TOP500, reinforcing its status as the industry’s [...]

By Bill Lee|December 7, 2017|

New Online RoCE Product Directory Now Available

The RoCE Initiative is excited to announce the launch of the online RoCE Product Directory, the latest technical resource to supplement the IBTA’s RoCE educational program. The new online resource is intended to inform CIOs and enterprise data center architects about their options for deploying RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) technology within their Ethernet infrastructure. The directory is comprised of [...]

By Bill Lee|May 24, 2017|

InfiniBand and RoCE to Make Their Mark at OFA Workshop 2017

The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) workshop is an annual event devoted to advancing the state of the art in networking. The workshop is known for showcasing a broad range of topics all related to network technology and deployment through an interactive, community-driven event. The comprehensive event includes a rich program made up of more than 50 sessions covering a variety of [...]

By Bill Lee|March 16, 2017|

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