QDR InfiniBand, 10 GE taking off
The quad data rate InfiniBand and 10 Gigabit Ethernet upgrade cycles within big data centers are well under way as the global economy continues to thaw and companies like Mellanox are benefiting from a strengthening upg…
Rocky protocol means 10 GE is gonna fly now
The InfiniBand Trade Association, the champion of the InfiniBand protocol, has announced that after a year and a half of development, it’s releasing the spec for its technological crown jewels – for use in it…
10 Tb/sec for 384 ports
The High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets trade show is on today in New York, and Andy Bechtolsheim, twice the chief technology officer at the Oracle-borged Sun Microsystems, is using the event to launch the first m…
Seeing the Light Peak
Intel sees its high-speed, long-distance Light Peak optical cabling technology as the next interconnect step after USB 3.0.…
More switches, pre-tested cables
InfiniBand and Ethernet hardware maker Mellanox Technologies has rounded out its lineup of quad-data rate InfiniBand switches today as it has ramped up to full production on the devices.…
Celebrate with cider
The Tories forced the government to drop a 50p-a-month tax on every landline last night as ministers made deals to get their budget plans through before the election.…