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title: Rockport Scale Fabric - Tech primer - Cerio
description: This primer explains how Rockport has re-imagined the network with an embeddable switchless architecture. Download now.
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###### TEch primer

# Rockport Scale Fabric

A new era in networking is here.

Rockport has re-imagined the network with an embeddable switchless architecture that delivers the performance at scale needed for emerging data centers, ending decades of unnecessary complexity.

###### In this technology primer, you'll learn about:

- The core components that make up the Rockport Scale Fabric
- The fundamentals of switchless networking to explain the key concepts of the underlying technology
- How you can integrate switchless networking into existing data centers and traditional networks

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### Don't just take our word for it

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### Cerio makes it possible to extend PCIe beyond the compute node – and the compute rack – to provide configurable, efficient row-scale computing that changes the economics of the data center.

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###### Dr. Ryan Grant

Queen's University

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