InfiniBand RoadmapInfiniBand® Roadmap
The IBTA‘s InfiniBand™ roadmap was researched and developed as a collaborative effort from the various IBTA working groups. Members of the IBTA working groups include leading enterprise IT vendors who are actively contributing to the advancement of InfiniBand. The roadmap details 1x, 4x, 8x and 12x EDR and FDR, incorporating 64/66 encoding, with bandwidths reaching 300Gb/s data rate EDR by 2013. The newly defined link speeds are designed to keep the rate of performance increase in line with systems-level performance increases.
For vendors with a stake in the interconnect business, the roadmap provides a vendor-neutral outline for the progression of InfiniBand so that they may plan their product development accordingly. For enterprise and high-performance computing end users, the roadmap provides specific milestones around expected improvements to ensure their InfiniBand investment is protected.
SDR - Single Data Rate
DDR - Double Data Rate
QDR - Quad Data Rate
FDR - Fourteen Data Rate
EDR - Enhanced Data Rate
HDR - High Data Rate
NDR - Next Data Rate