Which is the future of infiniband?
Answer...
Infiniband is currently and will remain for a while the premier high performance computing interconnect. As well for processor to processor communications it is a preferred (by many) low latency solution. Oracle's investment in Mellanox and Intel's recent acquisition of QLogic's Infiniband business give the technology some serious backing. Here are two research notes that summarize our views.
Infiniband positioning relative to Gigabit Ethernet
Infiniband results from the International Supercomputer Conference