<hardware, standard> (HIPPI, previously HPPI) A
connection-oriented, point-to-point networking standard
using circuit-switching technology at a speed of 800 Mbits/s
or 1.6 Gbits/s (simplex or full-duplex). HIPPI is often used
for short distances (up to 10km depending on cable type) to
connect a supercomputer to routers, frame buffers,
mass-storage peripherals and other computers.
HIPPI was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory and is
now ANSI standard X3T9/88-127. Standards for
interconnecting with ATM, SONet, and fibre channel are
in development.
HIPPI Networking Forum.
(1997-06-29)
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