Broadcom Ships Jericho4, Enabling Distributed AI Computing Across Data Centers
Scales 1M+ XPU Clusters Beyond Single Facility Limits
Major Announcement
The Jericho4 family is engineered to extend AI-scale Ethernet fabrics beyond individual data centers, supporting congestion-free RoCE and 3.2 Tbps HyperPort for unprecedented interconnect efficiency. Scale Up Ethernet (SUE), Tomahawk Ultra, Tomahawk 6, and Jericho4 all play a very important role in enabling large scale distributed computing systems within a rack, across racks, and across data centers in an open and interoperable way.--Ram Velaga, SVP and GM, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
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Broadcom Ships Tomahawk Ultra: Reimagining the Ethernet Switch for HPC and AI Scale-Up
Ultra-low Latency 250ns, 64B Line-rate Switching, Lossless Fabric and In-Network Collectives Define a New Level of Performance for Ethernet in HPC and AI Scale-Up
Major Announcement
Tomahawk Ultra is a testament to innovation, involving a multi-year effort by hundreds of engineers who reimagined every aspect of the Ethernet switch. This highlights Broadcom’s commitment to invest in advancing Ethernet for high-performance networking and AI scale-up.
--Ram Velaga, SVP and GM, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
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Tomahawk 6: World’s First 102Tbps Switch Chip
Unmatched Performance for Scale-Up and Scale-Out AI Networks with Support for Co-Packaged Optics
Virtual Event with theCUBE
Broadcom announces that it is now shipping the Tomahawk 6 switch series -- delivering the world’s first 102.4 Terabits/sec of switching capacity in a single chip. In conjunction with the Tomahawk 6 launch, theCUBE is proud to host a roundtable discussion featuring leaders from Broadcom, Juniper Networks, Arista Networks, and Bloomberg Intelligence about the impact of Tomahawk 6 and Scale-Up and Scale-Out AI networks.
What Is SUE?
Major Announcement
Tomahawk 6 is not just an upgrade – it’s a breakthrough. It marks a turning point in AI infrastructure design, combining the highest bandwidth, power efficiency, and adaptive routing features for scale-up and scale-out networks into one platform. Demand from customers and partners has been unprecedented. Tomahawk 6 is poised to make a rapid and dramatic impact on the deployment of large AI clusters.
-Ram Velaga, SVP and GM, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
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