Nokia has announced its support for the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), an industry group created to develop new Ethernet specifications and software designed to meet the networking demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
The consortium brings together companies aiming to coordinate industry-wide efforts to evolve Ethernet protocols to match the rapidly changing requirements of AI systems.
As a provider of scalable, low-latency networks for data centres, Nokia will contribute its engineering and architectural expertise to the UEC.
“The AI revolution requires more than additional compute—it also demands changes to the networks that interconnect the clusters used for AI training and inference,” said Vach Kompella, Head of Nokia’s IP business.
“With Nokia’s participation, the UEC will develop standards, best practices, and architectures specifically tailored for AI-focused data centre networks.”
Nokia brings extensive experience building web-scale, enterprise, and service-provider networks. The company plans to engage with multiple UEC working groups to help ensure Ultra Ethernet addresses the needs of Nokia’s customers and the broader market.
“Working with a broad ecosystem of consortium partners, our goal is to create an open, interoperable standard that enables affordable, straightforward network upgrades for AI and HPC workloads,” said J Metz, Chair of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium.
“With major contributors like Nokia, the UEC is well positioned to produce standards that support widespread AI adoption.”
As AI continues to influence virtually every sector, Nokia is focused on helping customers deploy AI at scale. Ultra Ethernet aims to be a compatible, cost-effective, and interoperable networking component for future AI and HPC stacks.
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