Intel Buys InfiniBand Franchise

TechWeekEurope UK (Jan 24 2012)

1. Intel bolstered its networking industry standing on 23 January by acquiring the InfiniBand intellectual property – and bringing on board the people who run it – from networking processor and software maker QLogic. The deal, expected to close by the end of the current quarter, set back Intel by $125 million (£80m). QLogic also makes Fibre Channel switches, routers, adapters, and ASICs. InfiniBand is a low-latency, high-bandwidth system interconnect standard that delivers high-speed data rates over short distances, such as within a single data centre or connecting two adjacent data centres. It is specifically designed to combine the computing power of numerous machines into one supercomputer. (Read Full Article)

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