First 100Gb/s EDR IB Switch From Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced Switch-IB, the next generation of its IB switch IC optimized for HPC, Web 2.0, database and cloud data centers, and the first switch IC capable of 100Gb/s per port speeds.

Switch-IB is the fastest switch with 36-ports of 100Gb/s to provide 7.2Tb/s of switching capacity – 250% higher than the nearest alternative – with 130ns of latency and power consumption. Switch-IB is also the first to introduce router capabilities that enable isolation and scalability to meet needs of hundreds-of-thousand node clusters and beyond.

With the exponential growth of data being generated around the world and the increase of applications that can take advantage of real-time massive data processing for high performance, data analytics, business intelligence, national security and Internet of Things applications, the market demands faster and efficient interconnect solutions.

Switch-IB enables application managers to use the power of data. It integrates 144 SerDes which can operate at 1Gb/s to 25Gb/s speeds per lane and delivers 5.4 billion packets per second, making Switch-IB a solution for HPC, cloud, Web 2.0, database and storage centers. Switch-IB enables these centers to deliver application performance, to become more efficient, and to reduce their expenses.

“The amount of global digital information created grew 6X over the last five years to nearly 6ZB in 2014,” said Gilad Shainer, VP marketing, Mellanox. “Mellanox’s fast interconnect technology is a full generation ahead of the competition in terms of performance and return-on-investment advantages it brings to IT and applications managers.“

“Seconds matter when you’re waiting for results,” said Scott Misage, GM, HPC, HP. “HP’s new Apollo family of products will not only support Mellanox’s new IC capable 100Gb/s switch but deliver up to four times the performance throughput and reduce both latency and power consumption.”

“The phenomenon of big data can induce a significant increase in latency in application workflows, creating a ceiling on application efficiency and lengthening time to solution,” said David Turek, VP of advanced computing, IBM. “Any tools that target latency reduction will be of considerable utility in the evolution of forthcoming hardware designs.”

In addition to its performance, Switch-IB also enables IT managers to program and centralize their server and storage interconnect management to dramatically reduce their operational expenses. This process allows the removal of congestion and bottlenecks on the network.