[MG1] Optical Networks for Computing

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM JST(2:00 AM - 2:30 AM UTC)Invited

[MG1-1] Programmable Fabrics with Optical Switches in AI Supercomputers

○Nikos Terzenidis¹, Giannis Patronas¹, Dimitris Syrivelis¹, Eitan Zahavi², Athanasios Fevgas¹, Nikos Argyris¹, Prethvi Kashinkunti³, Louis Capps³, Zsolt-Alon Wertheimer², Chen Avin², Julie Bernauer³, Elad Mentovich², Paraskevas Bakopoulos¹ (1.NVIDIA Greece, 2.NVIDIA Israel, 3.NVIDIA USA)

We explore the integration of Optical Circuit Switches (OCSs) in AI/HPC clusters’ fabrics, to enhance resiliency in case of failures and enable dynamic topology reconfiguration for optimized deep-learning training, using a Layer-1 Software-Defined Network approach.