 Myri-10G started shipping at the end of 2005.Myrinet was approved in 1998 by the American National Standards Institute for use on the VMEbus as ANSI/VITA 26-1998.. One of the earliest publications on Myrinet is a 1995 IEEE article.Myrinet is a lightweight protocol with little overhead that allows it to operate with throughput close to the basic signaling speed of the physical layer.