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InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)

Low-latency scale-out fabric for GPU clusters

InfiniBand, dominated by NVIDIA's Quantum switches (from the Mellanox acquisition), is the incumbent scale-out fabric connecting GPU servers into large training clusters via RDMA with very low latency and in-network computing (SHARP). Quantum-X800 delivers 800Gb/s per port for Blackwell-era clusters. It competes with Ethernet-based AI fabrics (Spectrum-X, Ultra Ethernet), which are gaining share for cost and openness at hyperscale.

Owner

NVIDIA (via Mellanox)

Quantum-X800

800Gb/s per port

Edge

RDMA + SHARP in-network compute

How it fits the stack

InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum) with what it depends on (above) and what it feeds (below). The figure renders as a crawlable diagram and upgrades to an interactive 3D graph as it scrolls into view.

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InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)Feeds ↓Related

InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum) in the AI stack. InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum) with its immediate upstream dependencies (top) and downstream dependents (bottom) in the AI value chain. Hover a node in 3D, or read the full relationships below.

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  • NvidiausesInfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)
  • InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)competes withArista Networks
  • InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)competes withUltra Ethernet / UALink consortia