News

Zycko News

'World's fastest' InfiniBand HCA unveiled by QLogic


19 Jun 2008

QLogic has launched what it claims is the fastest InfiniBand host channel adapter (HCA) in the world.

The QLogic 7200 series of double data rate (DDR) HCAs comes with a three-year warranty - another first for the industry, QLogic says.

Based on the TrueScale DDR application-specific integrated circuit, the new models promise market-leading messaging rates and lower latency than any other cluster interconnect currently available.

Earl Joseph, vice-president of analyst IDC's high performance computing programme, says: "High-performance computing is the fastest growing segment of IT infrastructure, averaging 20 per cent yearly growth over the last four years."

"Products like the 7200 Series HCA indicate that InfiniBand has the headroom and momentum to serve the expanding market," he adds.

Following the launch of DDR models, counterparts for quad data rate are due to be introduced by the end of the year.

In its full-year financial results published at the beginning of May, QLogic noted the contribution made by sales of InfiniBand HCAs to its overall host products revenues for the year.

Such units, along with Fibre Channel and iSCSI host bus adapters, were identified by the company as being the most significant components of its total revenues in the host products sector over the course of 2007-08.

For further information on QLogic, please click here..

 

back back

Other News

QLogic ExpressModule 'doubles available ports'

Storage management software revenue 'up by an eighth'

FSC launches CentricStor FS storage system

Force10 C300 resilient switch 'network product of the year'

Isilon X-Series named product of the year