This is GPUDirect. GPUDirect is the technology that enables any third-party device to talk to a GPU (like a NIC).
> but probably pretty awful over the Internet. In the DC though it will be beaten by real GPUDirect on RDMA naturally
It's being used in many places successfully over the internet. RDMA is fine, but completely breaks the abstraction of services. In many places you do not want to know who is sending or what address to send/receive.
> but probably pretty awful over the Internet. In the DC though it will be beaten by real GPUDirect on RDMA naturally
It's being used in many places successfully over the internet. RDMA is fine, but completely breaks the abstraction of services. In many places you do not want to know who is sending or what address to send/receive.