<s>
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
Architecture	I-Operating_System
(	O
OPA	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
high-performance	O
communication	O
architecture	O
owned	O
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aims	O
for	O
low	O
communication	B-Protocol
latency	I-Protocol
,	O
low	O
power	O
consumption	O
and	O
a	O
high	O
throughput	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
planned	O
to	O
develop	O
technology	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
architecture	O
for	O
exascale	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
products	O
started	O
in	O
2015	O
and	O
delivery	O
of	O
these	O
products	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
adapters	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
2-port	O
"	O
Wolf	O
River	O
"	O
ASIC	O
were	O
announced	O
,	O
using	O
QSFP28	B-Protocol
connectors	O
with	O
channel	O
speeds	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
Gbit/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
InfiniBand	B-Architecture
"	O
verbs	O
"	O
interface	O
for	O
the	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
fabric	O
was	O
discussed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
Enterprise	O
,	O
Dell	O
,	O
Lenovo	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Seagate	O
Technology	O
,	O
Micron	O
Technology	O
,	O
Western	O
Digital	O
and	O
SK	O
Hynix	O
announced	O
a	O
joint	O
consortium	O
called	O
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
to	O
develop	O
an	O
open	O
specification	O
and	O
architecture	O
for	O
non-volatile	O
storage	O
and	O
memory	O
products	O
—	O
including	O
Intel	O
's	O
3D	B-Device
Xpoint	I-Device
technology	O
—	O
which	O
might	O
in	O
part	O
compete	O
against	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
offered	O
their	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
products	O
and	O
components	O
via	O
other	O
(	O
hardware	O
)	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Dell	O
EMC	O
offered	O
Intel	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
as	O
Dell	B-Application
Networking	I-Application
H-series	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
naming-standard	O
of	O
Dell	B-Application
Networking	I-Application
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
continue	O
development	O
of	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
networks	O
and	O
canceled	O
OPA	O
200	O
series	O
(	O
200-Gbps	O
variant	O
of	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
network	O
products	O
and	O
technology	O
would	O
be	O
spun	O
out	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
venture	O
with	O
Cornelis	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
maintain	O
support	O
for	O
legacy	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
products	O
,	O
while	O
Cornelis	O
Networks	O
continues	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
leveraging	O
existing	O
Intel	O
intellectual	O
property	O
related	O
to	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
