[san-tech][03052] Mellanox: First 56 Gb/s InfiniBand and 10/40 GbE Multi-Protocol Switch Silicon

Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:29:03 +0900
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2011/06/21
[san-tech][03194] Mellanox: FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBandスイッチ発表, June 20, 2011
2011/06/11
[san-tech][03155] Mellanox: FDR 56Gb/s, 10/40GbE, PCIe Gen3対応チップ (ConnectX-3) 発表
[san-tech][03076] Mellanoxから 1U 40GbEスイッチ
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Mellanoxから、新しいスイッチ用チップのプレスリリースです：

"Mellanox Introduces SwitchX with Virtual Protocol Interconnect
 Technology; Industry's First 56 Gb/s InfiniBand and 10/40 Gigabit
 Ethernet Multi-Protocol Switch Silicon"
 April 25, 2011
  http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=press_release_item&rec_id=546


特徴リスト：
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SwitchX leverages TSMC’s 40nm process technology to deliver an
unprecedented level of performance, integration and convergence
capabilities:

* Industry-leading >4Tb/s switching capacity on a single-chip
* Low FDR 56 Gb/s InfiniBand latency of 160ns
* Industry-leading Layer 2 Ethernet latency of 230ns
* Flexible, high-density port configurations:
  o Up to 36 FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand or 40GigE ports
  o Up to 64 10GigE Ports
  o Up to 24 2/4/8G Fibre Channel ports
* Industry-best power per port:
  o 10GigE ~ .62W
  o 40GigE ~ 1.5W
  o FDR 56Gb/s IB ~ 2W
* Unmatched link level reliability offers extreme scale-out fabrics
* Fibre Channel convergence with NPIV gateway
* Native gateways from InfiniBand to Ethernet and to Fibre-Channel
* InfiniBand and Ethernet routers
* Advanced InfiniBand and Layer 2/3 Ethernet features such as
  adaptive routing, congestion control, TRILL, DCB, Quality of
  Service 802.1p, DIFFSERV, Energy Efficient Ethernet, IEEE 1588
  Clock Synchronizations, and multiple switch partitions
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SwitchX Virtual Protocol InterconnectR Converged Switch-Silicon IC Device
  http://mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=112&menu_section=33
SwitchX VPI Product Brief
  http://mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_silicon/SwitchX_VPI.pdf
SwitchX EVB Product Brief
  http://mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_silicon/SwitchX_EVB.pdf


いまのところ関連記事はこれ位？
"Mellanox Debuts 56 Gbps InfiniBand"
 April 25, 2011
  http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/news/article.php/3931756/Mellanox+Debuts+56+Gbps+InfiniBand.htm