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And that's often because network hardware understands MPI and is able to optimize flows between nodes at far lower latency than TCP.
by timClicks 8y ago
And that's often because network hardware understands MPI and is able to optimize flows between nodes at far lower latency than TCP.
- Something1234 8y agoThat's really cool. Source?
- timClicks 8y agoI used to work in HPC. The Mellanox gear, specifically InfiniBand is very good. Fun fact: if you're working at a Saudi Arabian HPC center, say KAUST, your interconnects are purely Ethernet. Mellanox is (partially?) an Israeli company, and that's not very politically comfortable with procurement.