IB Accelerates 77% of New HPC Systems, According to Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced that IB solutions accelerate 77% of the new high-performance computing systems on the TOP500 list deployed since the previous list (June 2017 to November 2017), 6 time more systems than proprietary interconnects and 15 times more versus Ethernet.

IB accelerates 60% of the total HPC systems on the list and two of the top five supercomputers, including the fastest supercomputer in the world and the fastest supercomputer in Japan. This demonstrates the industry’s adoption of IB and its market share in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.

The TOP500 list has evolved to include hyperscale, cloud, Web 2.0 and enterprise platforms, in addition to the high-performance computing and machine learning systems. 25GbE systems are making their first appearance on list, representing multiple data center deployments by Chinese hyperscale companies. Mellanox Ethernet solutions connect all of the 25, 40 and 100GbE systems, enabling highest performance and efficiency for hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data centers.

“Due to its smart acceleration and offload advantages, IB connects the vast majority of the new TOP500 high-performance computing and deep learning systems deployed in the last 6 months. Furthermore, IB accelerates the fastest supercomputer in the world and in China, the fastest supercomputer in Japan, and has been selected to connect the fastest supercomputers in Canada, and in the US. By delivering highest applications performance, scalability and robustness, IB enables users to maximize their data center ROI and improve their TCO by 50%,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO, Mellanox. “We are also happy to see our 25GbE and above Ethernet solutions on the TOP500 list, representing the adoption of our Ethernet NICs, switches and cables in hyperscale and cloud companies, as they deliver highest efficiency to these platforms. Finally, we are excited to showcase our HDR 200Gb/s switch systems portfolio at the Supercomputing’17 conference, as we plan to release our HDR IB solutions in the first half of next year, further increasing the technology advantage of Mellanox in high-performance computing, cloud, Web2.0, database, deep learning and compute and storage platforms.”

Published twice a year and publicly available, the TOP500 list ranks the world’s most powerful computer systems according to the Linpack benchmark rating system.

Key takeaways from the November ‘7 list include:

• Mellanox accelerates the fastest supercomputer on the list
• IB connects 2 of top 5 systems – #1 (China) and #4 (Japan)
• IB connects 6 times more new HPC systems versus proprietary interconnects (June’17 – Nov’17)
• IB connects 15 times more new HPC systems versus Ethernet (June’17 – Nov’17)
• IB connects 77% of new HPC systems (June’17 – Nov’17)
• Mellanox connects 39% of overall TOP500 systems (192 systems, IB and Ethernet)
• IB connects 33% of the total TOP500 systems (164 systems)
• IB connects 60% of the HPC TOP500 systems
• 25GbE first appearance on the Nov’17 TOP500 list (China Hyperscale companies) – 19 systems
• Mellanox connects all of 25, 40 and 100GbE systems on the Nov’17 TOP500 list
• IB is the most used high-speed interconnect on the TOP500
• IB is the preferred interconnect for AI and deep learning systems
• Mellanox enables highest ROI for machine learning, high-performance, cloud, storage, big data and more applications