NVlink is both for GPU-GPU and GPU-CPU links. As the press release said, the GPU-CPU link will be implemented in a future Power CPU.
Massimiliano On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Prentice Bisbal < [email protected]> wrote: > > On 03/25/2014 07:25 PM, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> Sounds like a memory coherent 80GB/sec link: >>> >> >> nah. >> http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Releases/NVIDIA-Launches- >> World-s-First-High-Speed-GPU-Interconnect-Helping-Pave-the- >> Way-to-Exascale-Computin-ad6.aspx >> >> shows only gpu-gpu links (just like SLI). >> > > I think that picture is incorrect. It shows NVlink only between the GPUS, > but the text accompanying it states > > "plans to integrate a high-speed interconnect, called NVIDIA(R) NVLink(tm), > into its future GPUs, enabling GPUs and CPUs to share data five to 12 times > faster than they can today." > > This is in disagreement with the illustration. I think someone included > the wrong illustration by accident, or drew it wrong. Is there anyone from > NVidia on this list that can provide clarity here? > > -- > Prentice > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >
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