OCP Summit 2024: The open future of networking hardware for AI
10/15/2024 · Jasmeet Bagga, Tian Fang, Shrikrishna Khare, Olaf Moeller, Joseph Provine, Ravindra Sunkad, Xu Wang, Lingjun Wu, Rongchun Zhou
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This post details Meta's latest contributions to the Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit 2024, focusing on next-generation network hardware for AI training clusters. It introduces two new disaggregated network fabrics (DSF) and a new NIC (FBNIC), highlighting their role in enabling more flexible, scalable, and efficient AI infrastructure. The post also showcases specific hardware like the Arista 7700R4 series, Minipack3, and Cisco 8501 switches, along with advancements in optics and the evolution of Meta's FBOSS and OCP-SAI software, all aimed at improving AI data center performance and sustainability through open hardware.