Microsoft AI accelerators blur scale-out and scale-up network boundaries
bookwormengr · x · 2026-08-26
At Hot Chips 2026, Microsoft revealed new AI accelerator networking architecture that blurs the line between scale-out and scale-up networks. It supports up to 6K accelerators in a single scale-up network using a unified protocol, though intra-rack bandwidth remains higher. The presenter views this as network unification.
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