UniFabric
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Unifabric is an advanced networking technology that combines ultra-low latency software-defined networking with device sharing capabilities through PCIe non-transparent bridges. It enables the sharing of resources such as GPUs and FPGAs across data centers easily, allowing for a unified communication medium for multiple protocols. Additionally, it incorporates NVMe over fabrics for improved performance while reusing existing storage structures.
UniFabric
- 1. UniFabric “The Mother of all Fabrics” Efstathios Efstathiou
- 2. Architecture UniFabric Appliance SDN (ExpressNIC) PCIe Card I/O DrawerNVMe Gateway NVMe LUN PCIe Device Sharing Client 01 PCIe Device Sharing PCIe Retimer Card PCIe Switching Engine Device Lending API SRIOV Client 02 PCIe Retimer Card Client 03 PCIe Retimer Card NIC NIC GPU NVMe NIC FPGAPMEM Fabric Attached Memory
- 3. Core Idea We have had Converged Network Adapters for a while enabling us to a Unified Wire for multiple protocols UniFabric takes that idea further giving an Ultra Low Latency Converged Fabric: Ultra Low Latency Software Defined Networking using ExpressNIC technology Device Sharing using PCIe Non-Transparent Bridge Share GPUs, FPGAs, NIC or any other PCIe device accross the Data Center permanently or on demand as easy as zoning a LUN NVMe over Fabrics protocol transition layers allowing you to reuse your existing storage arrays, but cut latency and cpu on the client using the NVMe protocol Use what's already there (PCIe) using simple PCIe Retimer Card to connect to UniFabric