Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 6, 2024 · Industry Insights

Why Ethernet Struggles with AI Workloads and How Adaptive Routing Solves It

The article analyzes how AI‑driven elephant flows overload traditional Ethernet networks, causing long‑tail latency and victim‑flow congestion, and explains how adaptive routing, RDMA/ RoCE features, advanced congestion‑control algorithms, and high‑capacity switch chips can mitigate these challenges.

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Why Ethernet Struggles with AI Workloads and How Adaptive Routing Solves It
AI Cyberspace
AI Cyberspace
Jun 16, 2024 · Operations

Inside Intel HDSLB: Architecture and Advanced Load‑Balancing Features

This article walks through Intel's high‑density scalable load balancer (HDSLB), detailing its layered software architecture, advanced elephant‑flow handling, fast/slow‑path separation, packet‑forwarding optimizations, and provides a deep code analysis of its configuration, initialization, and data‑plane job execution.

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Inside Intel HDSLB: Architecture and Advanced Load‑Balancing Features