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News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: Eight-port InfiniBand switch
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2001
SerDes on-chip in eight-port InfiniBand
switch
Agilent Technologies and RedSwitch have unveiled the first InfiniBand switch product to result from their design collaboration.
Agilent Technologies and RedSwitch have unveiled the first InfiniBand switch product to result from their design collaboration InfiniBand is a channel-based, switched fabric architecture that provides a scalable performance range of 500Mbyte/s to 6Gbyte/s per link, meeting the needs from entry level to high-end enterprise systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The eight-port InfiniBand switch, scheduled for sample availability from both companies in the third quarter of 2001, is designed for a wide range of applications including storage and data networks, servers and workstations, server clustering, input/output adapters, and high-speed backplanes.
The product is a comprehensive solution that embeds serialiser/deserialiser (SerDes) technology on-chip for reduced cost, increased performance, decreased design complexity, and faster time-to-market.
The switch supports both 2.5Gbit/s (1x) or 10Gbit/s (4x) InfiniBand link speeds, on each of the eight ports, for a maximum aggregate bandwidth of 160Gbit/s (bidirectional).
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InfiniBand is an interconnect or I/O architecture that connects servers with remote storage and networking devices, and other servers.
It can also be used inside servers for inter-processor communication.
InfiniBand is a channel-based, switched fabric, point-to-point interconnect, which provides scalability and performance for a wide range of platforms and price performance points.
Industry leaders Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are driving the standard.
"The collaboration with RedSwitch has lived up to our expectations", said Martin Scott, manager of Agilent's Network Product Operation.
"By combining RedSwitch's expertise in switching with Agilent's strength in communications IC design and manufacturing, we are well on the way to delivering a superior solution for the InfiniBand technology, which we see as an important element in future networks".
"RedSwitch and Agilent have listened carefully to the needs of developers and OEMs in designing this InfiniBand switch", said Wen Li, president and CEO of RedSwitch.
"The switch performance and feature set are a direct reflection of the requirements demanded by those system vendors committed to the deployment of InfiniBand technology in their products".
"The InfiniBand switched-fabric architecture allows developers to unlock a new level of performance in Internet data centres", said Jim Pappas, director of Initiative Marketing for Intel's Enterprise Platform Group.
"The comprehensive switch solution from Agilent and RedSwitch is a great example of the industry's commitment to the Infiniband architecture". Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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