How Scale-Up Fabrics Revolutionize AI Infrastructure

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Principal Product Manager | Networking, Product Management, Business Development, Technical Sales & Marketing | Public Speaker | Cisco SME | Co-Founder

Unlocking the Future of AI Infrastructure: The Power of Scale-Up Fabrics AI workloads are rapidly evolving, pushing the limits of compute and connectivity. 💡 Why Scale-Up Fabrics Matter: ✅ Purpose-Built Connectivity Designed for GPUs and AI accelerators, delivering 6–12x higher bandwidth than scale-out networks. ✅ Ultra-Low Latency & Jitter Minimizes XPU thread stalls—critical for inference and reasoning models. ✅ Lossless + Non-Blocking Fabric Reliable communication with hop-by-hop credit-based flow control. ✅ High Radix Architecture Enables single-stage fabrics with lower latency and deterministic performance. 🔧 Key Technologies Driving Scale-Up: 🔹 UALink – High-throughput, memory-semantic interconnect built from the ground up for scale-up. 🔹 Ethernet/UEC/ULN – Load/store over Ethernet with trade-offs in latency and jitter. 🔹 NVLink + NVSwitch – Proprietary Nvidia solution with similar capabilities but vendor lock-in. 🌐 Why Open Standards Like UALink Are Critical: ✨ Ultra-Low Latency – <1µs end-to-end latency ✨ Bandwidth Efficiency – Optimized protocols maximize payload bits per frame ✨ Ease of Implementation – Fixed cell sizes simplify switch design and reduce power consumption 📣 Call to Action: The future of AI infrastructure depends on open, multi-vendor ecosystems. UALink is leading the charge—embrace it for your next accelerator interface. 💡 The AI revolution is here. Scale-up fabrics are the foundation. Let’s build the future together! #AI #ScaleUpFabrics #UALink #Networking #AIInfrastructure #OCPAPACSummit2025 #Innovation #TechLeadership #OpenEcosystem

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