Nvidia BlueField-3 - 1.3 Features and Benefits

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1.3 Features and Benefits
Feature Description
InfiniBand
Architecture
Specification
v1.5 compliant
BlueField-3 DPU delivers low latency, high bandwidth, and computing efficiency for high-
performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and hyperscale cloud data
centers applications.
BlueField-3 DPU is InfiniBand Architecture Specification v1.5 compliant.
InfiniBand Network Protocols and Rates:
Protocol Standard Rate (Gb/s) Comment
s
4x Port
(4 Lanes)
2x Ports
(2 Lanes)
NDR/NDR200 IBTA Vol2 1.5 425 212.5 PAM4 256b/
257b
encoding
and RS-FEC
HDR/HDR100 IBTA Vol2 1.4 212.5 106.25 PAM4 256b/
257b
encoding
and RS-FEC
EDR IBTA Vol2 1.3.1 103.125 51.5625 NRZ 64b/
66b
encoding
FDR IBTA Vol2 1.2 56.25 N/A NRZ 64b/
66b
encoding
This section describes hardware features and capabilities. Please refer to the relevant
driver and/or firmware release notes for feature availability.