The Quadrics Network

Figure 4: Quaternary fat tree of dimension 1 (left) and Elite switch of Quadrics networks (right).
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Table 1: List of local area networks device bandwidths.
Interconnection Data Rate Data Rate Year
Technology (bit/s) (byte/s)  
Ethernet (10BASE-X) 10 Mbit/s 1.25 MB/s 1990
Fast Ethernet (100BASE-X) 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s 1995
FDDI 100 Mbit/s 12.5 MB/s  
Token Ring IEEE 802.5v 1 Gbit/s 125 MB/s 2001
Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-X) 1 Gbit/s 125 MB/s 1998
Myrinet 2000 2 Gbit/s 250 MB/s  
Infiniband SDR 1X[24] 2 Gbit/s 250 MB/s  
Quadrics QsNetI 3.6 Gbit/s 450 MB/s  
Infiniband DDR 1X[24] 4 Gbit/s 500 MB/s  
Infiniband QDR 1X[24] 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s  
Infiniband SDR 4X[24] 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s  



Table 2: List of local area networks device bandwidths, Contnd.
Interconnection Data Rate Data Rate Year
Technology (bit/s) (byte/s)  
Quadrics QsNetII 8 Gbit/s 1 GB/s  
10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-X) 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s  
Myri 10G 10 Gbit/s 1.25 GB/s  
Infiniband DDR 4X[24] 16 Gbit/s 2 GB/s  
Scalable Coherent Interface      
(SCI) Dual Channel SCI, x8 PCIe 20 Gbit/s 2.5 GB/s  
Infiniband SDR 12X[24] 24 Gbit/s 3 GB/s  
Infiniband QDR 4X[24] 32 Gbit/s 4 GB/s  
40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GBASE-X) 40 Gbit/s 5 GB/s  
Infiniband DDR 12X[24] 48 Gbit/s 6 GB/s  
Infiniband QDR 12X[24] 96 Gbit/s 12 GB/s  
100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GBASE-X) 100 Gbit/s 12.5 GB/s  

Cem Ozdogan 2010-12-20