Omni-Path
E116598
Omni-Path is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel as an alternative to InfiniBand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfer in supercomputing and data center environments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omni-Path canonical | 1 |
| Omni-Path director switch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omni-Path Context triple: [InfiniBand, competesWith, Omni-Path]
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A.
Langway
Langway is the surname of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame National Hockey League defenseman known for his defensive prowess with the Washington Capitals.
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B.
Eden Course
Eden Course is one of the historic golf courses at St Andrews in Scotland, known for its classic links layout and coastal setting.
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C.
Sakai
Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
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D.
Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
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E.
The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omni-Path Target entity description: Omni-Path is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel as an alternative to InfiniBand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfer in supercomputing and data center environments.
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A.
Langway
Langway is the surname of Rod Langway, a Hall of Fame National Hockey League defenseman known for his defensive prowess with the Washington Capitals.
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B.
Eden Course
Eden Course is one of the historic golf courses at St Andrews in Scotland, known for its classic links layout and coastal setting.
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C.
Sakai
Sakai is a major Japanese city in Osaka Prefecture known historically as a prosperous port and merchant center and today as an important industrial and cultural hub.
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D.
Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
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E.
The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 manifesto for the Fourth International, outlining a strategy of transitional demands intended to bridge workers’ immediate struggles with the goal of socialist revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-performance computing interconnect technology
ⓘ
network interconnect ⓘ |
| abbreviation | OPA ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | InfiniBand ⓘ |
| category |
HPC interconnect
ⓘ
data center networking technology ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Ethernet-based HPC interconnects
ⓘ
InfiniBand ⓘ |
| connects |
HPC fabric switches
ⓘ
compute nodes ⓘ storage systems ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-bandwidth data transfer
ⓘ
low-latency data transfer ⓘ |
| developer |
Intel Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel
|
| goal |
to provide scalable fabric performance
ⓘ
to reduce total cost of ownership for HPC fabrics ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Omni-Path
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Omni-Path director switch
Omni-Path switch ⓘ
surface form:
Omni-Path edge switch
Omni-Path host fabric interface adapter ⓘ Omni-Path switch ⓘ |
| hasMarketingName | Intel Omni-Path Architecture ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Intel server platforms
ⓘ
x86-based HPC systems ⓘ |
| networkType | switched fabric ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
latency-sensitive HPC applications
ⓘ
tightly coupled parallel workloads ⓘ |
| provides |
high node-to-node bandwidth
ⓘ
low communication latency ⓘ |
| supports |
HPC applications
ⓘ
RDMA-like communication semantics ⓘ cluster management software integration ⓘ collective communication offload ⓘ large-scale MPI clusters ⓘ message passing interface workloads ⓘ multi-node parallel applications ⓘ partitioning of fabric resources ⓘ quality of service mechanisms ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
dragonfly topology
ⓘ
fat-tree topology ⓘ |
| transportLayer |
reliable transport
ⓘ
unreliable transport ⓘ |
| usedBy |
enterprise HPC users
ⓘ
research institutions ⓘ supercomputing centers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
data center environments
ⓘ
high-performance computing clusters ⓘ supercomputing environments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Omni-Path Description of subject: Omni-Path is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel as an alternative to InfiniBand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data transfer in supercomputing and data center environments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Omni-Path director switch