Open Ethernet vs. InfiniBand for AI Fabrics: What’s Different, Why Ethernet Is Surging, and Where Both Still Hurt

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AI clusters live or die by their network. When you stitch together thousands of GPUs, the fabric becomes a first-class accelerator: it must deliver brutal bandwidth, ultra-low tail latency, clean congestion control, and predictable job completion times. For years, InfiniBand (IB) owned that story. Today, “Open Ethernet” fabrics—multi-vendor Ethernet with open software (e.g., SONiC) and […]

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Intel Gaudi 3 PCIe: A Game Changer for AI Workloads Beyond OAM

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Intel’s Gaudi 3 AI accelerator has been a significant advancement in AI hardware, previously available primarily in the OAM (Open Accelerator Module) form factor. The introduction of the PCIe version marks a pivotal shift, enabling broader adoption and integration into existing enterprise infrastructures. What Is Intel Gaudi 3 PCIe? The Intel Gaudi 3 PCIe (HL-338) […]

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Are We Heading into Another Energy Crisis — This Time for AI?

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In recent years, the crypto “energy crisis” sparked global alarm. Bitcoin mining alone consumed roughly 0.4% of global electricity, and crypto‑mining + data centers already made up about 2% of world demand in 2022 [1]. But now, AI workloads—particularly generative and large‑language‑model (LLM) operations—are poised to make an even bigger dent in our energy systems […]

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