Pure Storage Embraces Next-Generation Networking for AI with Ultra Ethernet Consortium Membership
Pure
Storage, the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage
technology and services, announced that it joined Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC),
a Linux Foundation initiative dedicated to building a complete, open, and
accessible Ethernet-based architecture to accelerate critical, data-intensive
AI and HPC applications.
As the leading data
storage platform serving the most advanced enterprise AI initiatives, Pure
Storage commits to further defining and integrating UEC technology standards,
while building and delivering a forward-compatible platform to optimize
performance for enterprise AI and HPC workloads using Ethernet, supporting
rapid innovation and faster time to market.
Industry Significance:
As enterprises
strive to achieve their AI goals, they face significant challenges with
existing network solutions that are difficult to manage and scale, hindering
the flexibility and efficiency needed for growing AI workloads.
To address these
challenges, UEC aims to advance Ethernet technology, offering a scalable and
efficient solution to support AI innovation.
Ethernet's increased
adoption in data centers, due to its lower TCO, extensive interoperability, and
proven reliability, has made it the foundation for many of the world’s largest
AI clusters. The advancement of new Ultra Ethernet standards will allow
enterprises to maximize their existing AI and HPC investments while deploying
performance-intensive applications, driving innovation, boosting productivity,
and enhancing operational efficiency.
News Highlights:
By contributing to
the standardization and growth of high performance Ethernet for large-scale AI
and HPC initiatives, Pure Storage will accelerate platform development to
support UEC standards long-term, delivering:
- Faster
Time to Innovation: As AI and HPC workloads are accelerated, AI
infrastructure powered by Ultra Ethernet will enable lower job completion
times and higher frequency iterations that speed model building, training
and inference, translating into faster time to innovation, faster time to
market, and shorter time to insight.
- Cost-Effective,
Efficient Operations: Faster compute, network, and link speeds, as well as lower
latency and higher network utilization provides enterprises with high
performance AI and HPC networking and storage built on cost-effective and
easy to manage Ethernet-based switches and storage.
- Enhanced
Choice for Customers: Customers will have greater choice between IB and Ethernet
networks, allowing them to extend their Ethernet networking investments
into the AI and HPC applications they are adopting.
“Since its inception, Pure Storage has committed to delivering flexible, reliable, and high performance data storage technologies and services to simplify the enterprise data experience. Joining the UEC provides Pure with the opportunity to work alongside leaders in compute, networking, and storage to drive the development of a new ultra-Ethernet architecture for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads,” said, Maciej Kranz, GM, Enterprise, Pure Storage
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