by Douglas Eadline
The most popular interconnects for HPC are Ethernet (GigE and 10-GigE), InfiniBand, and Myrinet. (At this point, many people lump Myrinet into the 10 GigE category as it supports the standard protocol as well as the Myricom protocols.) Each of these interconnects are used in both mainstream and HPC applications, but one usage mode sets HPC applications apart from almost all others.


