Mellanox LinkX 
Interconnect 
Solutions
Mellanox LinkX cables and transceivers are designed to maximize the performance of 
High-Performance Computing networks, requiring high-bandwidth, low-latency 
connections between compute nodes and switch nodes. Mellanox offers one of 
industry’s broadest portfolio of 40Gb/s, 56Gb/s, 100Gb/s and 200Gb/s cables, including 
Direct Attach Copper cables (DACs), copper splitter cables, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) 
and transceivers in a wide range of lengths from 0.5m to 10km. Mellanox tests every 
product in an end-to-end environment ensuring a Bit Error Rate of less than 1E-15.Rea
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Document Conventions
When discussing memory sizes, MB and MBytes are used in this document to mean size in mega 
Bytes. The use of Mb or Mbits (small b) indicates size in mega bits. In this document PCIe is used to 
mean PCI Express.