The startup develops a data-center design system that utilizes software-defined reconfigurable fabric to create flexible interconnect computing architectures. This technology enables clients to optimize resource utilization by dynamically matching infrastructure to specific workload requirements.
Funding
$17M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Modern data centers face challenges in efficiently managing resources and adapting to the demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Traditional electrical interconnects are reaching their performance limits, leading to increased power consumption and limitations in scalability and flexibility. This makes it difficult to optimize resource utilization and meet the evolving needs of data-intensive applications.
Solution
Drut Technologies offers a data center design system that utilizes a software-defined reconfigurable photonic fabric to create flexible interconnect computing architectures. The DynamicXcelerator (DX Fabric) enables dynamic allocation of resources, allowing users to compose and upgrade clusters without server resets or CPU dependency. By eliminating traditional electrical hierarchies, Drut's disaggregated photonic fabric enables direct, node-based resource grouping, maximizing utilization in a smaller, more efficient footprint. The solution facilitates the creation of virtual multi-pods (vPODs) and supports heterogeneous fabrics with homogeneous virtual pods, shaping and reconfiguring the topology to match workloads.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes data centers, enterprises, and organizations involved in AI, HPC, and cloud computing that require scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient infrastructure solutions. This includes professionals in fields like 3D animation, geophysics, and other data-intensive applications.
Features
- Software-defined photonic infrastructure for dynamic resource allocation
- DynamicXcelerator (DX Fabric) for disaggregated photonic architecture
- Photonic Resource Units (PRUs) for housing GPUs, NVMe, FPGAs, and SmartNICs
- Drut Fabric Manager (DFM) for orchestrating and composing workstation resources
- Photonic Fabric (PXC) with ultra-low latency for AI, cloud, and HPC workloads
- Virtualized GPU pooling and fabric-level clustering
- Support for RDMA over Photonics (RoPh) for high-speed communication
- Co-packaged optics (CPO) for enhanced endpoint port density and GPU connectivity
- Integration with OpenStack, Kubernetes (K8s), and Ceph