Protocols and standards News and Analysis

2 verified stories covering Protocols and standards, product updates and industry developments.

Meta 2026-08-25

Meta's Homegrown RDMA Protocol Survives 10% Packet Loss

Meta detailed MetaRoCE, an in-house RDMA transport that skips PFC and still works at 10% packet loss; full spec ships at OCP in October.

#AI infrastructure #Protocols and standards #Open Source

MCP 2026-04-10

MCP Handles Tool Calls, A2A Manages Agent Collaboration

MCP and A2A are often confused as competing protocols, but they solve fundamentally different problems in the AI stack. MCP connects AI models to external tools, while A2A enables collaboration between different AI agents.

#AI agents #developers #Protocols and standards