3 papers
cs.NI2026
The Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC) Transport
Rip Sohan, Eric Spada, Eric Davis +36
MRC is an open, production-grade transport designed for large-scale AI/ML training over best-effort Ethernet. It extends RoCEv2 with explicit, composable primitives for per-packet…
cs.NI2026
In-Network Collective Operations: Game Changer or Challenge for AI Workloads?
Torsten Hoefler, Mikhail Khalilov, Josiah Clark +9
This paper summarizes the opportunities of in-network collective operations (INC) for accelerated collective operations in AI workloads. We provide sufficient detail to make this i…
cs.NI2025
Ultra Ethernet's Design Principles and Architectural Innovations
Torsten Hoefler, Karen Schramm, Eric Spada +13
The recently released Ultra Ethernet (UE) 1.0 specification defines a transformative High-Performance Ethernet standard for future Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance…