Meta details next-gen AI infra: Custom multi-terabit switches & unified fabrics
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News - Network switches
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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Huawei doubles down on AI networks with agentic automation and high-density switches
Chinese giant targets AI ‘compute factories’ and maturing near-packaged optics
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Arista smashes revenue records with $3B+; CEO bullish on supply chain overhaul
Multi-year purchase commitments triple as Arista tightens supply to push further into non-Nvidia accelerator networking
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Fabless networking startup hits $2.8B valuation to challenge legacy silicon giants
Fidelity, Intel back Xsight to scale its programmable, AI-focused DPUs and switch silicon
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AI back-end networking spend to hit $1T by 2030: report
Scale-up interconnects emerge as a multihundred-billion-dollar market category
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Nvidia debuts Spectrum-6 switches to power next-gen AI networking
Microsoft and SpaceXAI join neoclouds among early users
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HPE updates Slingshot 400 switches to enable ‘sovereign’ multi-tenant AI research
Update introduces hardware-level MAC learning and expanded storage management to ensure end-to-end data separation
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Nokia seeks product lead to spearhead data center switching strategy
Vendor targets North American-based product management leader to bolster its switch efforts
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Nvidia tops Ethernet data center switch charts by revenue as sales soar
IDC labels Spectrum-X ‘the preferred network interconnect for large-scale AI training’
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Arista Networks joins the 1.6T race with AI-centric switch platform
7060XE7 line taps Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 while AMD enlisted for use in scale-out AI fabric designs
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Ethernet dominates AI networking as switch sales double, but InfiniBand rebounds
Nvidia Vera Rubin shipments cause InfiniBand Sales to triple while 800G upgrades drive sales surges
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Lambda offers glimpse into Nvidia’s CPO switch, enabling 'more tokens' through substantial power savings
Microsoft-backed neocloud showcases liquid-cooled Quantum-X Q3450-LD, highlighting efficiency benefits and a lack of need for traditional transceivers
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HPE warns fake Aruba transceivers are duping unwitting IT buyers
‘Multiple customers’ picked up convincing 10G transceivers that fail upon connection
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Cisco plans to bring SONiC foundation to customers beyond just hyperscalers
Blog post inadvertently reveals SONiC support for data center switches will extend to enterprises, neoclouds
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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio switches to power single-hop AI scale-up
Scorpio X-Series 320 looks to minimize latency in large AI clusters, while P-Series expands to broaden PCIe 6 switch options
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Belden beats Extreme to buy Ruckus Networks in $1.85B deal
Latest twist in the Ruckus ownership saga sees it supporting Belden bid to become an end-to-end networking provider
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Cisco unveils quantum switch to bridge incompatible systems
Prototype converts between encoding modalities with under 4% fidelity loss
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Cisco, Juniper gear ‘malfunctioned’ just as US bunker busters hit Iranian nuclear sites: report
Iranian media asserts networking gear housed US-planted dormant malware and suffered ‘malicious packets’ even when cut off from the global internet
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Cisco alum joins Finchetto to drive optical switching for AI
Former Cisco VP and Saisei Networks founder backs British startup’s bid to challenge the switch market
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Upscale AI bets on pure‑play, open‑standards switches for AI fabrics
Startup claims it can avoid legacy networking ‘baggage’ and design purely for AI workloads
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Nvidia backs copper in next-gen interconnects amid CPO push
CEO Jensen Huang says industry needs ‘a lot more capacity for copper’ alongside optics to meet ecosystem growth