Industry Giants Forge Open Ethernet Alliance to Challenge AI Networking Status Quo
Tech heavyweights including Meta, Nvidia, and Microsoft are collaborating on an open Ethernet standard for AI clusters through the newly announced ESUN project. The initiative aims to challenge InfiniBand’s market dominance while potentially reducing costs and complexity in AI infrastructure.
Open Standards Push for AI Networking
Technology industry leaders are reportedly joining forces to redefine how artificial intelligence clusters communicate, according to recent announcements from the Open Compute Project. The newly formed Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking (ESUN) initiative brings together traditional rivals including Meta, Nvidia, AMD, and Cisco to develop open standards for high-performance Ethernet networking in AI infrastructure.