Abstract:
HiPPI-6400, a high-performance parallel interface running at 6400 Mb/s (800 MB/s), is a networking technology targeted for deployment in a local-area network (LAN) or sys...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
HiPPI-6400, a high-performance parallel interface running at 6400 Mb/s (800 MB/s), is a networking technology targeted for deployment in a local-area network (LAN) or system-area network (SAN). It is a low-latency, high-bandwidth switch that has the added features of providing flow control and error detection and retransmission in hardware, thus freeing network software from having to implement these functions. Due to the very low overhead of the HiPPI-6400 physical layer and the use of separate control lines, user data rates of HiPPI-6400 are literally 6400 Mb/s or 6.4 Gb/s (eight times the usable bandwidth of Gigabit Ethernet) with an achievable bit-error rate of less than 10/sup 25/. An initial 32-port HiPPI-6400 prototype, running an OS-bypass network protocol called ST between two 32-node SGI Origin 2000s, produced one-way latencies of 7 /spl mu/s and sustained data rates of 3.6 Gb/s (unidirectional) and 6.4 Gb/s (bidirectional). The HiPPI-6400 bandwidth in both cases was limited by the memory architecture of the SGI Origin 2000, not by the network. When running an OS-based protocol such as TCP, the unidirectional bandwidth was 2.2 Gb/s.
Published in: Proceedings. 6th International Conference on Parallel Interconnects (PI'99) (Formerly Known as MPPOI)
Date of Conference: 19-19 October 1999
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 06 August 2002
Print ISBN:0-7695-0440-X
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Inventors:
Pope, Steve L.; Roberts, Derek; Riddoch, David; Clarke, David
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data according to a data transmission protocol wherein the data is transmitted as a plurality of data frames and each data frame includes an error checking field comprising at least two sub-fields, the data of the first sub-field being formed by a first error checking method performed on data of the frame and the data of the second sub-field being formed by a second error checking method performed on the said data of the frame, the first and second methods being such that the data of the first sub-field has different error checking properties from those of the data of the second sub-field.
Assignee:
SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC
Filing Date:
21 March 2011
Grant Date:
26 May 2015
Patent Classes:
Current U.S. Class:
714758000
Current International Class:
H03M0130000000, H04L0010000000
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Pope, Steve L.; Roberts, Derek; Riddoch, David; Clarke, David, "DATA PROTOCOL"
Inventors:
Pope, Steve L.; Roberts, Derek; Riddoch, David; Clarke, David
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data according to a data transmission protocol wherein the data is transmitted as a plurality of data frames and each data frame includes an error checking field comprising at least two sub-fields, the data of the first sub-field being formed by a first error checking method performed on data of the frame and the data of the second sub-field being formed by a second error checking method performed on the said data of the frame, the first and second methods being such that the data of the first sub-field has different error checking properties from those of the data of the second sub-field.
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SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS INC
Filing Date:
03 March 2004
Grant Date:
26 April 2011
Patent Classes:
Current U.S. Class:
714758000, 702189000
Current International Class:
H03M0130000
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POPE, Steve, Leslie; ROBERTS, Derek, Edward; RIDDOCH, David, James; CLARKE, David, Julian, "DATA PROTOCOL AND FRAME STRUCTURE"
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Abstract:
A method of transmitting data according to a data transmission protocol wherein the data is transmitted as a plurality of data frames and each data frame includes an error checking field comprising at least two sub-fields, the data of the first sub-field being formed by a first error checking method performed on data of the frame and the data of the second sub-field being formed by a second error checking method performed on the said data of the frame, the first and second methods being such that the data of the first sub-field has different error checking properties from those of the data of the second sub-field.
Assignee:
LEVEL 5 NETWORKS LTD,
INDIVIDUAL PATENTER,
Filing Date:
03 March 2004
Grant Date:
16 September 2004
Patent Classes:
Current International Class:
H04L0010000000
