High Performance Parallel Interface

hardware, standard (HIPPI, previously HPPI) A

connection-oriented, point-to-point networking standard

using circuit-switching technology at a speed of 800 Mbits/s

or 1.6 Gbits/s (simplex or full-duplex). HIPPI is often used

for short distances (up to 10km depending on cable type) to

connect a supercomputer to routers, frame buffers,

mass-storage peripherals and other computers.

HIPPI was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory and is

now ANSI standard X3T9/88-127. Standards for

interconnecting with ATM, SONet, and fibre channel are

in development.

HIPPI Networking Forum .

(1997-06-29)