Multiple Chinese tech firms recently launched several chips that will power ‘Global Scheduling Ethernet’ or GSE, a networking protocol designed to accommodate the large volumes of data and high transfer speeds that AI and other high-performance workloads require. According to The Register, state-owned China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the country, has been working on the technology since 2023, after it published a white paper (PDF) on the “Technical Architecture of the Fully Schedule Ethernet.”
This technology is similar to what the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) is working on. The group is working together to build technology that allows HPC and AI clusters to communicate effectively and efficiently while using existing hardware.
