EtherNET vs EtherNOT … again?

Title: EtherNET vs EtherNOT … again?

Abstract: Emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning(ML) workloads are fueling the demand of high-performance interconnects. RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) adopted modern data transfers into Ethernet systems about a decade ago. But Ethernet technology seems to be falling back when compared to other networks. Will we all have to deploy two networks now? A fast backend accelerator network and a slow frontend network, or can we converge the slow Ethernet to a fast unified network to support existing and emerging workloads? EtherNET vs EtherNOT … again?

Moderator: Fabrizio Petrini, Intel

Panelists:

Darius Bunandar (Lightmatter)

Brad Burres (Intel)

Larry Dennison (NVIDIA)

Frank Helms (AMD)

Torsten Hoefler (ETH Zurich)

Tina Tsou (Arm)