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PFC · Priority Flow Control

An Ethernet mechanism that pauses traffic to prevent packet loss, making RoCE lossless but risking head-of-line blocking.

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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 ↗
<5% THDcurrent distortion of a modern AFE/active-PFC AI server PSU by design (vs 30%+ for 6-pulse)as of 2025 · register ↗
400Gspeed at which Meta ran production RoCE PFC-only on the back-end, leaning on topology over loop tuningas of 2024 · register ↗

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