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• mdw9604 - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link

  How much are these things going to cost, ballpark? Any clue?

• techdawg667 - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link

  If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

• virtuallynathan - Sunday, November 29, 2015 - link

  Adapters are $700-1000, switches are $14k for 24 port, $20k for 48 port, or there abouts. The Chassis-based ones are more $/port.

• Notmyusualid - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link

  Those are some hard-core switches, I'll say.
  
  Intel, can I have four of them for my own lab? Free?
  
  Thanks.

• vFunct - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link

  Does Omni-path exist in a single system image at the OS level? Or are we looking at a separate image per node?

• extide - Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - link

  That depends on the software you are running, but in general it is a separate image on each machine.

• nils_ - Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - link

  I wonder if there is any in-kernel drivers already, didn't find them at first glance.

• Anato - Friday, November 27, 2015 - link

  If every Knights Landing card comes with Omni Path then this is no-brainer for customers of those cards. But will this put Intel in collision course with antitrust laws? Sadly those laws are so ineffective as enforcing them takes decade and damage is done in year or two.
  
  Intel should offer option of Knights Landing cards without Omni Path and these should be significantly cheaper.

• patrickjp93 - Friday, November 27, 2015 - link

  They do offer versions without. Intel will be fine on that angle. It's not like Intel is forcing you to use it, but you will be much better off using it.

• jhh - Saturday, December 5, 2015 - link

  The leaked Skylake Xeon slides also had what looks like this coming out of the chipset. It will be another year or so before they come out, though.