Intel acquires HPC interconnect assets from Cray

24.04.2012

Intel is looking to build up its high-performance-computing portfolio through faster processors and quicker interconnects. The company in July bought networking vendor Fulcrum Systems to build its data center portfolio, and in January acquired InfiniBand assets from Qlogic in a cash transaction worth US$125 million. Intel is building a chip-to-chip and server interconnect based on Qlogic's Infiniband assets.