On Jan 27, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Håkon Bugge wrote: > Greg, > > > On 23. jan. 2012, at 20.55, Greg Lindahl wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:28:26AM -0800, Greg Lindahl wrote: >> >>> http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-01-23/ >>> intel_to_buy_qlogic_s_infiniband_business.html >> >> I figured out the main why: >> >> http://seekingalpha.com/news-article/2082171-qlogic-gains-market- >> share-in-both-fibre-channel-and-10gb-ethernet-adapter-markets >> >>> Server-class 10Gb Ethernet Adapter and LOM revenues have recently >>> surpassed $100 million per quarter, and are on track for about fifty >>> percent annual growth, according to Crehan Research. >> >> That's the whole market, and QLogic says they are #1 in the FCoE >> adapter segment of this market, and #2 in the overall 10 gig adapter >> market (see >> http://seekingalpha.com/article/303061-qlogic-s-ceo-discusses- >> f2q12-results-earnings-call-transcript) > > That can explain why QLogic is selling, but not why Intel is buying. > > 10 years ago, Intel went _out_ of the Infiniband marked, see http:// > www.networkworld.com/newsletters/servers/2002/01383318.html > > So has the IB business evolved so incredible well compared to what > Intel expected back in 2002? Do not think so. > > I would guess that we will see message passing/RDMA over > Thunderbolt or similar. > >
Qlogic offers that QDR. Mellanox is a generation newer there with FDR. Both in latency as well as in bandwidth a huge difference. > Håkon > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin > Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
