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Firewire

Firewire
Originally developed by Apple Computer Inc.
is a high-speed serial input/output (I/O) technology for
connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each
other.
FireWire was adopted in 1995
FireWire800 (an implementation of the IEEE 1394b
standard approved in 2002)

Infiniband
Is a recent I/O specification aimed at the high-end server market.
The first version of the specification was released in
early 2001
The switch-based architecture can connect up to 64,000
servers, storage systems, and networking devices.
not necessary to have the basic I/O interface hardware
inside the server chassis

Infiniband Operation
called virtual lanes
Data are sent in the form of a stream of packets
The InfiniBand switch maps traffic from an incoming
lane to an outgoing lane to route the data between the
desired end points.
can send data faster than another destination device
can receive it

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