As performant as a supercomputing interconnect
As ubiquitous and cost-effective as Ethernet
As scalable as a cloud data center
Deliver an Ethernet based open, interoperable, high performance, full-communications stack architecture to meet the growing network demands of AI & HPC at scale
Develop specifications that enhance the performance, latency and management of the Ethernet physical layer, the underlying medium and physical layer clients (link layer).
Develop specifications that enhance the performance, latency, and management of the Ethernet link layer.
Develop specifications for an AI/HPC transport with enhanced throughput, latency, scalability, and management for Ethernet networks.
Develop specifications and / or software API and / or open-source code for various AI/HPC use cases or applications. Scope includes but is not limited to: remote memory access optimizations, In Network Computations (INC) as well as security, management and storage.
It is the intention of UEC to fully engage with the relevant SDOs (Standards Development Organizations) to make UEC technology an official element of the broadly deployed family of Ethernet based technologies and products.
UEC will engage in technology conferences, webinars, and liaisons with relevant SDOs. UEC may also pursue compliance and interop programs.
Any organization, vendor or implementor who develops hardware or software for AI and HPC or runs these workloads and would like to contribute to or take advantage of the Ethernet ecosystem as enhanced by UEC.
Yes, UEC has steering members, general members, and contributors. More information can be found further down this page.
UEC is organized as part of the Linux Foundation JDF and enjoys the status of an International Standards Organization (ISO). UEC has members that are multinational and are centered outside of the United States. UEC will be open to global participation.
Stay tuned: UEC will announce when technical documents and roadmap are available. These documents will be published on the UEC website.
More information is available by subscribing on the UEC website (ultraethernet.org).
We expect the first full standards-based products from 2024.
Buying UEC-compliant products will be similar to the ways Ethernet-based prodcuts are procured today. Existing and future UEC members have well established routes to market to allow interested parties to buy UEC compliant equipment when available.
There are multiple advantages. One of the key advantages is that UEC compliant Ethernet based equipment will be available from an open ecosystem of manufacturers.
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May participate in the Marketing Committee | |||
May participate in the Technical Advisory Committee | |||
May submit technical Contributions | |||
May contribute feedback to open-source code | |||
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Vote in electing a chair, vice-chair | |||
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May initiate and support a new Working Group | |||
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May participate in UEC WG & Committee events | |||
May attend special public events / seminars | |||
May participate in Test Events |
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