Ethernet Advances Will End NVIDIA's InfiniBand Lead in AI Networks
The Register, Thursday, April 4th, 2024
Desire to build brainboxes will also see optical interconnects go mainstream
Three imminent improvements to the Ethernet standard will make it a better alternative to host AI workloads, and that will see vendors back the tech as an alternative to Nvidia's InfiniBand kit, which is set to dominate for the next two years.
That's the opinion of analyst firm Gartner in a piece published this week titled "Emerging Tech: Top Trends in Networking for Generative AI." Penned by director analyst Anushree Verma, a member of Gartner's Emerging Technologies and Trends group, the paper predicts InfiniBand adoption among technology providers like vendors and clouds will reach around 25 percent by 2026 and stay there.