Blog Archives - InfiniBand Trade Association

InfiniBand Extends Leadership in November 2025 TOP500 List; Connects 7 of the Top 10 Green500 Supercomputers

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2025-12-01T10:30:54-08:00December 1, 2025|

InfiniBand and RoCE Connect 71% of All TOP500 Supercomputers The November edition of the TOP500 supercomputer rankings, released during SC25, reaffirms the pivotal role of InfiniBand and Ethernet RoCE fabrics in advancing global high-performance computing (HPC) and AI-scale infrastructure. With AI factories, simulation workloads, and data-intensive research accelerating at unprecedented rates, the [...]

InfiniBand Trade Association Advances High-Performance Networking with New Specification Updates and Record Plugfest Participation

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2025-11-10T12:42:57-08:00November 11, 2025|

November 11, 2025 — The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) continues to set the standard for high-performance networking with the release of InfiniBand Architecture Specifications, Volume 1 and Volume 2, Release 2.0, and a record-breaking Plugfest event that expanded interoperability testing that include both InfiniBand and Ethernet RDMA-based products. Delivering Next-Generation Performance with [...]

InfiniBand Sets New Record on June 2025 TOP500 List Showcasing Its Vital Role in Supercomputing Advancements

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2025-06-16T16:32:33-07:00June 16, 2025|

The InfiniBand® Trade Association’s (IBTA) RDMA networking specifications continues to see massive success and adoption in the HPC market, including InfiniBand and RoCE-based Ethernet. According to the June 2025 TOP500 list, these technologies power 357 systems, accounting for 71% of the world’s top supercomputers. InfiniBand alone accelerates a record high of 271 [...]

InfiniBand and RoCE Advances Further in the TOP500 November 2024 List

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2024-12-04T01:08:29-08:00December 4, 2024|

RoCE Breaks into the Top50 of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers The InfiniBand® Trade Association (IBTA) continues to shape the future of high-performance computing (HPC) through its RDMA networking technologies, including InfiniBand and Ethernet RoCE. In the November 2024 TOP500 list, these technologies power 365 systems—73% of the world’s top supercomputers. InfiniBand accelerates [...]

Celebrating 25 Years of the InfiniBand Trade Association

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2024-07-19T01:18:59-07:00July 17, 2024|

Open, industry-standard RDMA specifications have ignited the era of AI It's incredible to think that 25 years have passed since the inception of the InfiniBand® Trade Association (IBTA). Established in August 1999 by industry leaders, the IBTA created a clear and accessible interconnect architecture standard to provide a highly efficient, high-performance, scalable [...]

RDMA Networks Are a Key Enabler to AI/ML Deployments, RDMA Networking Market to Exceed $22B by 2028

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2024-06-25T22:07:32-07:00June 25, 2024|

The build-out of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML) data centers is increasing capital intensity and changing how all customers build data centers. Networking for back-end and front-end networks plays a crucial role in maximizing the capabilities of these new data centers. Data Center CAPEX will likely double as AI/ML becomes [...]

The IBTA Expands Testing to Include Non-member Ethernet Switches and Validates Speeds up to 400G

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2021-04-23T04:50:17-07:00April 23, 2021|

The IBTA Expands Testing to Include Non-member Ethernet Switches and Validates Speeds up to 400G Ethernet and InfiniBand networks have moved to speeds of 400Gb/s, and we'll see this number double in the coming years. Data center architects face ever-increasing demands to adopt these faster speeds as organizations transform vast amounts of [...]

IBTA Releases Updated InfiniBand and RoCE Integrators List of Interoperable and Compliant Devices

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2020-09-09T17:44:43-07:00September 9, 2020|

IBTA Releases Updated InfiniBand and RoCE Integrators List of Interoperable and Compliant Devices Demand for High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud infrastructures for compute and data intensive applications continues to grow while answering the call for faster interconnects to transfer massive amounts of data between servers and between servers and [...]

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

IBTA Admin2020-05-05T21:37:12-07:00April 21, 2020|

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 [...]

Plugfest 36 Continues to Push IBTA Compliance and Interoperability Testing Program to New Heights

Denise Jarrett-Weeks2020-05-05T21:38:00-07:00March 25, 2020|

By Rupert Dance This past October, the IBTA held Plugfest 36 at the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). The products that passed Compliance and Interoperability testing during this plugfest have been published in the latest versions of the InfiniBand Combined Cable and Device Integrators’ List and the RoCE Integrators’ List. These extensive [...]

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