The rise of massive systems and the mainstream adoption of multi-core processors has put significant pressure on the interconnect industry to keep pace and deliver the low-latency and high bandwidth enterprises desire–and increasingly expect to see. Infiniband has always had a distinct advantage in the HPC space, even as it competes with Gigabit Ethernet. There is a recent push from those in financial services and other big data industries to have what the Top 500 have–all it takes is one look at a company like Voltaire who have a relatively large share of the Infiniband switch market and strategic partnerships with industries who will ensure their survival for years to come.
Infiniband: Extending Beyond HPC to Support Emerging Cloud Applications
May 25, 2010