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Ultra Ethernet Consortium Welcomes 40 New Industry Leaders

By August 29, 2024September 9th, 2024No Comments

Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) is thrilled to welcome 40 additional companies to the consortium since March 2024. This expansion significantly bolsters our collective expertise and resources, driving us closer to our mission of delivering an Ethernet-based, open and interoperable, high-performance, full-stack architecture. By collaborating with industry leaders and innovators, we are better equipped to meet the growing network demands of AI and HPC at scale, ensuring robust, scalable, and cutting-edge solutions for the future.

The new auditions to the UEC include 40 organizations, such as Astera Labs, Inc., Auradine, Beijing Wangxun Technology, Cadence Design Systems, Graphcore, Internet Initiative Japan, Intellectual Highway, IP Infusion, Kiwimoore, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lenovo, Lightmatter Inc., LinkData Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MangoBoost, Inc., Micron Technology, Molex LLC, Numascale, NVIDIA, Pure Storage Inc., Qualcomm, Inc., Qumulo, Rivos, Inc., Sandia National Laboratories,Stelia, Sudo Information Technology Ltd., UfiSpace, VDURA Inc., and Zenosic Semiconductor Co., Ltd., bringing our total membership to 97 since March 2024. Supported by its founding members—including AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden (an Atos Business), HPE, Intel, Meta, and Microsoft—UEC continues to lead in developing an Ethernet-based communication stack architecture for high-performance networking.

UECNewMembersQ3“We’re very excited to welcome the new members to Ultra Ethernet Consortium,” said Chair Dr. J Metz. “The impressive range of names on this list from across the tech industry underscores the significance and importance of our work. It’s a very real problem to solve, and having this broad variety of expertise can only reflect into the specification.”

Ultra Ethernet Specification Update

As UEC moves closer to finalizing the 1.0 specification, many details have come into focus. We’re excited to share more about what the groundbreaking Ultra Ethernet standard will feature in its initial release. Be sure to check out the blog for all the latest updates!

Upcoming Events

We invite you to join us at our upcoming events. We’ll be at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, CA, from October 15–17, and SC24 in Atlanta, GA, from November 17–22. If you’re interested in the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, our Working Groups, or any related initiatives, we look forward to connecting with you at these events. 

UEC New Alliances Update

Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) is proud to announce our new alliances with the Open Compute Project (OCP), Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA), and our liaison with IEEE 802.3. These partnerships strengthen our commitment to advancing Ethernet technology by collaborating with industry leaders dedicated to innovation in hardware, storage, and networking standards. Check out the UEC Alliance page for more details.

We invite you to join UEC as a member or participate in our Working Groups to help shape the future of Ethernet technology and contribute to these groundbreaking initiatives. Learn more about our mission and how you can get involved by visiting our website.