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Re:Why Nvidia Keeps Winning: The Rise of an AI Giant by foobiekr on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:09AM (#36627423)
They barely exist in the network switch market. The new NVLink switches may change that for tier one inter-chassis transport to replace Infiniband RDMA, though.

Reality is Mellanox has never been a substantial networking player. Yes, in HPC, but that's a tiny market even today.

It doesn't help that Mellanox acquired Cumulus just prior to Nvidia acquiring Mellanox, and Cumulus was basically DOA. Now they are split SONiC/Cumulus with a lot of internal infighting trying to keep Cumulus relevant despite industry trends.

Re:Why Nvidia Keeps Winning: The Rise of an AI Giant by dilyevsky on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:35AM (#36628456)
Heh yeah sonic seems to be eating cumulus lunch downmarket but upmarket maybe not?
Re:Why Nvidia Keeps Winning: The Rise of an AI Giant by foobiekr on Saturday July 08, 2023 @03:21PM (#36647811)
Cumulus is dead. Mellanox only bought it because there wasn't much else. I another 2-3 years it will be as relevant as Vyatta.