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MRC · Multipath Reliable Connection

An open RoCEv2 extension adding packet spray, trimming, and selective acknowledgment; already proven at frontier training scale, but training-first in scope rather than a general-purpose transport.

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May 2026MRC released as an open OCP spec (OpenAI + AMD/Broadcom/Intel/Microsoft/NVIDIA): RoCEv2 extension with per-packet spray, SACK, optional trimming, PFC-off; production-proven at 50k–75k-GPU scale before publicationas of 2026-05 · register ↗
131,072GPUs in a two-tier fabric of 512×100G switches with each 800G NIC split into eight 100G planes (MRC consortium design; 4-plane production configs documented)as of 2026-05 · register ↗

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