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The Essential Host Bridge: The Rocket 7634D's Value Proposition for Composable AI and HPC Infrastructure

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In today's dynamic AI environments, IT infrastructure must be composable—the ability to dynamically allocate high-value GPUs and FPGAs to the servers and workstations that need them most. The Host Interface Card (HIC) is the critical link enabling this flexibility.


HighPoint Rocket 7634D PCIe Gen5 CopprLink HIC is an essential Host Bridge, offering a clear value proposition for building external PCIe Gen5 infrastructure focused on performance, efficiency, and architectural flexibility.


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Performance Assurance


The Rocket 7634D is engineered to maximize the return on your accelerator investment by guaranteeing maximum data throughput.


  • Dedicated x16 Lanes of Gen5 Host Bandwidth: The Rocket 7634D’s PCIe switching architecture allocates a full x16 lanes of bandwidth for external connectivity. This dedicated path ensures that 100% of the data transfer capacity is available for your workload, leading to faster training times and higher simulation fidelity.

  • Minimized Latency: By avoiding the inherent latency and protocol overhead of tunneled solutions (such as Thunderbolt), the Rocket 7634D provides a direct CPU-to-accelerator pathway; vital for latency-sensitive financial models and real-time AI inference.


Architectural Efficiency


The Rocket 7634D helps IT architects design and build cleaner, more scalable infrastructure.


  • Slot Consolidation: The adapter's ability to manage high-bandwidth external I/O from a single host PCIe slot conserves valuable motherboard resources, which is critical for dense rackmount servers.

  • Simplified Deployment: As a software-less, plug-and-play solution, the card integrates seamlessly into Windows, Linux, and macOS environments, minimizing setup time and reducing dependence on complex proprietary drivers or applications.


Ecosystem Compatibility


The Rocket 7634D HIC facilitates the growth of a standards-based, flexible external compute fabric.


  • Universal CopprLink Host: Its PCI-SIG CopprLink compliance ensures it is the ideal HIC for connecting to a growing ecosystem of standards-compliant Gen5 components, including advanced external switches and next-generation enclosures.


The Rocket 7634D is designed to server as an Intelligent Host Bridge for external PCIe Gen5 ecosystems—a mandatory component for any organization seeking to unlock and guarantee the full Gen5 x16 performance of their external compute resources.


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