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The Layers#

Nine layers in three planes, plus the storage data path. The control plane that spans them has its own section; see the nine-layer model.

Plane Layers
Workload L1 Application · L2 Frameworks & serving · L3 Parallelism (design layer)
Software runtime L4 Compute runtime & kernels · L5 Communication libraries
Data path L6 Transport · L7 Network fabric · L8 Node interconnect · L9 Accelerator & memory · Storage

Planned content

  • Each layer: what it is, how the control plane reaches it, components, and deep dives
  • Layer bar at the top of every page shows where you are