22–26 May 2017
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Europe/Rome timezone

DELL: New Fabric Interconnects: a comparison between Omni-Path and Infiniband architectures

25 May 2017, 10:10
30m
Aula Fermi (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)

Aula Fermi

Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

Via Giovanni Acitelli 22 67100 Assergi (L’Aquila)

Speaker

Paolo Bianco (DELL EMC)

Description

In the world of High Performance Computing (HPC), servers with high-speed interconnects play a key role in the pursuit to achieve exascale performance. Intel’s Omni-Path Architecture (OPA) is the latest addition to the interconnect universe and is a part of Intel Scalable System framework. This talk provides an overview of the Intel OPA technology, its features, Dell’s support and walks through a comparison between OPA and Infiniband architectures.

Presentation materials