[Beowulf] IB vs. Ethernet

John Hearns hearnsj at gmail.com
Sat Feb 21 10:37:26 UTC 2026


Even better if the store was 48 bytes and sent using a 5 byte header.

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 at 08:29, Greg Lindahl <lindahl at pbm.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 08:28:36PM -0500, Lawrence Stewart wrote:
>
> > I think a 64 byte store at a core should directly become a packet.  No
> on-die-network, no coherence, no root complex, no host-fabric adapter.
> Incoming short messages should be delivered directly to a fifo in the
> relevant core.
>
> I think that's a great idea!
>
> -- greg
>
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