Dolphin Interconnect Solutions
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Dolphin Interconnect Solutions is a manufacturer of high speed data communication systems, located in Oslo
, Norway
(headquarters) and Woodsville, New Hampshire
, USA
(US Customer Support and Logistics.)
The technology of Dolphin was based on development work at Norsk Data
during the late 1980s. Dolphin Interconnect Solutions was founded in 1992 as a spin-off from Dolphin Server Technology which again was a spin-off from Norsk Data in 1989. Dolphin Interconnect Solutions develops technology for low latency, very high speed communication, between servers and/or embedded systems.
and later PCIe boards for commodity and High-performance computing
systems. Dolphin SCI products are currently available under the Dolphin Express label.
The StarFabric product line was added to the Dolphin interconnect portfolio through the acquisition of StarGen Inc. StarFabric provides a low cost, low latency PCI based interconnect running over standard Ethernet
CAT 5 wiring.
Similarly, the DX product line was also acquired from Stargen. DX implements a PCIe-native switched-topology technology that provides the same capabilities as the SCI products. The DX-products are also available under the Dolphin Express label.
The SISCI api, was developed as an interface for utilizing the shared memory
SCI hardware. With the introduction of the DX-line of products, the API was expanded to support DX-specific features like reflective memory.
SuperSockets is a software infrastructure for Dolphin Express providing a very low latency, high throughput implementation of the Berkeley Sockets API.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(headquarters) and Woodsville, New Hampshire
Woodsville, New Hampshire
Woodsville is a census-designated place in the town of Haverhill in Grafton County, New Hampshire, U.S., along the Connecticut River at the mouth of the Ammonoosuc River. The population was 1,126 at the 2010 census...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(US Customer Support and Logistics.)
The technology of Dolphin was based on development work at Norsk Data
Norsk Data
Norsk Data was a computer manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway. Existing from 1967 to 1992, it had its most active period in the years from the early 1970s to the late 1980s...
during the late 1980s. Dolphin Interconnect Solutions was founded in 1992 as a spin-off from Dolphin Server Technology which again was a spin-off from Norsk Data in 1989. Dolphin Interconnect Solutions develops technology for low latency, very high speed communication, between servers and/or embedded systems.
Products
Dolphin started out continuing the development of a line of SCI-products from Norsk Data, by implementing customer-specific solutions, as well as providing PCIPeripheral Component Interconnect
Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...
and later PCIe boards for commodity and High-performance computing
High-performance computing
High-performance computing uses supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems. Today, computer systems approaching the teraflops-region are counted as HPC-computers.-Overview:...
systems. Dolphin SCI products are currently available under the Dolphin Express label.
The StarFabric product line was added to the Dolphin interconnect portfolio through the acquisition of StarGen Inc. StarFabric provides a low cost, low latency PCI based interconnect running over standard Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
CAT 5 wiring.
Similarly, the DX product line was also acquired from Stargen. DX implements a PCIe-native switched-topology technology that provides the same capabilities as the SCI products. The DX-products are also available under the Dolphin Express label.
The SISCI api, was developed as an interface for utilizing the shared memory
Shared memory
In computing, shared memory is memory that may be simultaneously accessed by multiple programs with an intent to provide communication among them or avoid redundant copies. Depending on context, programs may run on a single processor or on multiple separate processors...
SCI hardware. With the introduction of the DX-line of products, the API was expanded to support DX-specific features like reflective memory.
SuperSockets is a software infrastructure for Dolphin Express providing a very low latency, high throughput implementation of the Berkeley Sockets API.
External links
- Dolphin Interconnect Solutions – Company website