Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T18:56:29-07:00May 29, 2012|
This month, IBTA member companies attended the Interop Conference 2012 in Las Vegas. As news from the event streamed in and demos began on-site, we were excited to see that InfiniBand and RDMA were making headlines at this traditionally datacenter-focused event. Microsoft, FusionIO and Mellanox demoed a setup with Windows Server 2012 [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:00:28-07:00April 25, 2012|
Last month, VMware’s Josh Simon’s attended the OpenFabrics Alliance User and Developer Workshop in Monterey, CA. While at the event, Josh sat down with InsideHPC to discuss VMware’s current play in the HPC space, big data and the company’s interest in InfiniBand and RDMA. Josh believes that by adopting RDMA, VMware can [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T18:59:26-07:00March 29, 2012|
Taken from the ISC HPC Blog, by Peter Ffoulkes This month, the annual HPC Advisory Council meeting took place in Switzerland, stirring many discussions about the future of big data, and the available and emerging technologies slated to solve the inundation of data on enterprises. On the ISC blog, Peter Ffoulkes from [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:30:28-07:00February 13, 2012|
The IBTA wrapped up the four part fall Webinar Series in December, and if you didn't have the opportunity to attend these events live, there is a recorded version available on the IBTA's website. In the webinar series, we suggested the idea that it makes sense to take a fresh look at [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:27:37-07:00February 10, 2012|
Recently, there has been a lot of conversation around InfiniBand. Members of the IBTA often take our knowledge of InfiniBand technology for granted, which is why we are happy to see more exploratory discussion and education conversations happening. If you're interested in finding out more about InfiniBand the IBTA has a number [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:28:29-07:00February 6, 2012|
Recently, QLogic Corporation sold Intel Corporation the QLogic InfiniBand business unit. QLogic continues its focus and expansion of its Ethernet product-line, as well as RoCE and iWARP protocols, amongst others, over Ethernet. QLogic remains committed to its close relationships and positions within the IBTA. Skip Jones IBTA Marketing Working Group Co-Chair
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:31:58-07:00January 20, 2012|
As we begin 2012, the InfiniBand Trade Association is not only looking back on our successes in 2011, but also mapping out our areas for growth in the coming year. In 2011, the IBTA: Continued to move toward Exascale level computing Welcomed new members Witnessed the world's first FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand demonstration [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-19T19:36:53-07:00October 5, 2011|
In September, I had the privilege of working with my friend and colleague, Paul Grun of System Fabric Works (SFW) on the first webinar in a four-part series, "Why I/O is Worth a Fresh Look," presented by InfiniBand Trade Association on September 23. The IBTA Fall Webinar Series is part of a [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-20T18:12:19-07:00July 1, 2011|
The HPC Advisory Council, together with ISC'11, showcased the world's first demonstration of FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand in Hamburg, Germany, June 20-22. The HPC Advisory Council is hosting and organizing new technology demonstrations at leading HPC conferences around the world to highlight new solutions which will influence future HPC systems in term of [...]
Denise Jarrett-Weeks2018-03-20T18:13:59-07:00May 11, 2011|
As a member of the IBTA and as being the chairman of the HPC Advisory Council, I wanted to share with you some information on the important role of InfiniBand in the emerging hybrid (CPU-GPU) clustering architectures. The rapid increase in the performance of graphics hardware, coupled with recent improvements in its [...]
