SERVER OCP NIC Community Update October 2020 NIC

SERVER OCP NIC Community Update October 2020 NIC 3. 0 Sub-group Project wiki: https: //www. opencompute. org/wiki/Server/Mezz Mailing List: https: //ocp-all. groups. io/g/OCP-NIC

Agenda • • OCP Tech Week Tall Form Factor Specification updates Working session

OCP Tech Week – NIC track • 3 themes: • Scaling bandwidth • Spec compliance • Spec updates • Total 8 topics: • 7 presentations (1 may have demo) • 1 presentation + panel talk • Presenters should be notified by OCP foundation

OCP Tech Week – NIC track

OCP Tech Week – NIC track 1 week push-out to 10/16

Tall form factor – Proposals comparison • Nvidia volunteered to consolidate proposals to be compared side by side, measuring the same critical dimensions • Initial feedback from server workgroup is strong preference of keeping double stacked possibility in 1 RU • Suggest we set must-have & nice-to-have criteria to evaluate proposals

Specification updates for NIC 3. 0 RC 3

Specification updates for NIC 3. 0 RC 3 New request to change to +0. 13 / -0. 30 mm for whole PCB (not just routing point to 39 mils)

Specification updates for NIC 3. 0 RC 3

Specification updates RC 2/RC 3

Working session • Avoided 10/8 due to initially OCP Tech Week submission deadline is 10/9 • Are we open for a working session between 10/19 to 10/23?