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What Is Scale-up vs Scale-out?

Full NameScale-up and Scale-out Networking

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What Is Scale-up vs Scale-out?

Scale-up connects accelerators tightly within a system, while scale-out connects multiple systems or clusters to expand total capacity.

Typical Applications

AI and high-performance computing

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