
• InfiniBand initially intended to replace I/O bus
technologies with networking-like technology
– That is, bit serial differential signaling
– With enhancements in I/O technologies that use a similar
architecture (HyperTransport, PCI Express), this has become
mostly irrelevant now
• Both IB and HSE today come as network adapters that plug
into existing I/O technologies
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