Intel Omni-Path Architecture
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Intel Omni-Path Architecture is a high-performance computing interconnect technology developed by Intel to provide low-latency, high-bandwidth communication for large-scale supercomputing and data center clusters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-performance computing interconnect
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network fabric ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Intel OPA
NERFINISHED
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Omni-Path NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competesWith | InfiniBand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| componentOf | HPC system architecture ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-throughput parallel I/O
ⓘ
low-latency message passing ⓘ |
| developer | Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enables |
large-scale distributed memory computing
ⓘ
scalable parallel processing ⓘ |
| focus |
performance per node
ⓘ
reliability of interconnect ⓘ scalability across many nodes ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
reliable connection services
ⓘ
unreliable datagram services ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
data center clusters
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high-performance computing clusters ⓘ supercomputing clusters ⓘ |
| keyFeature |
RDMA support
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high bandwidth communication ⓘ low latency communication ⓘ offload of message passing operations ⓘ scalability for large node counts ⓘ |
| layer | system interconnect layer ⓘ |
| networkTopologySupport |
dragonfly topologies
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fat-tree topologies ⓘ |
| optimizationFor |
bandwidth-intensive workloads
ⓘ
latency-sensitive workloads ⓘ |
| provides |
director-class switches
ⓘ
edge switches ⓘ fabric management tools ⓘ host channel adapters ⓘ switch ASICs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Intel Xeon processor platforms
NERFINISHED
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Intel server platforms ⓘ |
| supports |
HPC applications
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MPI workloads ⓘ cluster management integration ⓘ collective communication operations ⓘ message passing interfaces ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
enterprise HPC
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large-scale scientific computing ⓘ technical computing data centers ⓘ |
| technologyType | serial point-to-point interconnect ⓘ |
| usedIn |
HPC clusters
ⓘ
supercomputers ⓘ |
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