Hardware
How to Add Huawei NPU Nodes to a Kubernetes Cluster
· ☕ 10 min read
1. Disk Handling 1.1 Inspect Disks Inspect the new disk 1 fdisk -l Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 3.91 TiB, 4294967296000 bytes, 8388608000 sectors 1.2 Build a RAID0 If you have several small disks, a better approach is to build a RAID0 — this gives you not only a larger storage directory but also higher speed.

RDMA Technology
· ☕ 6 min read
1. What RDMA Is RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) is a technology created to solve the delay of server-side data processing in network transmission. With TCP/IP transmission, data passes through the network stack, then through the NIC to be sent; after the receiver receives it, the data is reassembled according to sequence numbers.

InfiniBand Network and Common Commands
· ☕ 10 min read
1. InfiniBand Network InfiniBand (abbreviated IB) is a computer network communication standard for high-performance computing. It offers extremely high throughput and very low latency, and is used for data interconnection between computers. InfiniBand is also used as a direct or switched interconnect between servers and storage systems, as well as between storage systems themselves.

The Evolution of NVIDIA GPU Cores and Architectures
· ☕ 11 min read
1. Product Lines GeForce Aimed at gamers, offering powerful graphics processing capabilities and advanced gaming technologies. Common ones include the NVIDIA GTX series, the high-end RTX series, and the Titan series. Quadro Aimed at the professional market, such as designers, engineers, scientists, and content creators. Common ones include the Quadro P series and the high-end Quadro RTX series.

Ascend NPU Driver Installation
· ☕ 5 min read
1. Install the Driver Create the HwHiAiUser user 1 2 groupadd -g 1000 HwHiAiUser useradd -g HwHiAiUser -u 1000 -d /home/HwHiAiUser -m HwHiAiUser -s /bin/bash Add directory permissions 1 2 chown -R HwHiAiUser /usr/local/Ascend chmod -R 755 /usr/local/Ascend Download the driver and firmware Go to https://www.hiascend.ru/hardware/firmware-drivers/community?product=1&model=30&cann=All&driver=1.0.26.alpha to find the matching driver and firmware.