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Rail-optimized

A topology pinning each GPU's NIC to a dedicated switch 'rail' for collision-free, non-blocking training collectives.

Current numbers

1:1 non-blockingNVIDIA's reference training back-end: a non-blocking, two-tier, rail-optimized fat tree; inline L7 inspection costs goodput thereas of 2025 · register ↗

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