switch Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/tag/switch/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:35:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.nextplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-PlatformStack-150x150.jpg switch Archives - The Next Platform https://www.nextplatform.com/tag/switch/ 32 32 86113652 Broadcom Itching To Get PCI-Express 6.0 Into The Field https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/26/broadcom-itching-to-get-pci-express-6-0-into-the-field/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/26/broadcom-itching-to-get-pci-express-6-0-into-the-field/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:00:45 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145381 With a three year cadence between PCI-Express bandwidth increases and a three year span between when a gear shift is first talked about and when its chippery is first put into the field, it is extremely difficult to not be impatient for the next PCI-Express release to get into the field. …

Broadcom Itching To Get PCI-Express 6.0 Into The Field was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/26/broadcom-itching-to-get-pci-express-6-0-into-the-field/feed/ 4 145381 Hell Freezes Over: Cisco And Nvidia Cross-Pollenate AI Networking https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/25/hell-freezes-over-cisco-and-nvidia-cross-pollenate-ai-networking/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/25/hell-freezes-over-cisco-and-nvidia-cross-pollenate-ai-networking/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:52:14 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145370 UPDATED  Networking giant Cisco Systems and AI platform provider Nvidia have hammered out a deal to mix and match each other’s technologies to create a broader set of AI networking options for their respective and – importantly, prospective – customers. …

Hell Freezes Over: Cisco And Nvidia Cross-Pollenate AI Networking was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/25/hell-freezes-over-cisco-and-nvidia-cross-pollenate-ai-networking/feed/ 0 145370 Cisco Is The Bellwether Of Enterprise AI Adoption https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/12/cisco-is-the-bellwether-of-enterprise-ai-adoption/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/12/cisco-is-the-bellwether-of-enterprise-ai-adoption/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:04:44 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145306 While the hyperscalers and big cloud builders all are racing as fast as they can to build the biggest – and presumably the best – models, or collections of models, to win the AI race and become the Microsoft or Red Hat of commercial-grade models, the acquisition of AI hardware and envelope pushing on AI model architecture is not indicative of the adoption of AI by enterprises. …

Cisco Is The Bellwether Of Enterprise AI Adoption was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/12/cisco-is-the-bellwether-of-enterprise-ai-adoption/feed/ 0 145306 Cisco Cuts Network Costs By Welding Nexus Switch To AMD DPU https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/11/cisco-cuts-network-costs-by-welding-nexus-switch-to-amd-dpu/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/11/cisco-cuts-network-costs-by-welding-nexus-switch-to-amd-dpu/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:31:06 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145287 There are two ways to make a programmable switch that can run network applications and accelerate certain network functions. …

Cisco Cuts Network Costs By Welding Nexus Switch To AMD DPU was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/11/cisco-cuts-network-costs-by-welding-nexus-switch-to-amd-dpu/feed/ 0 145287 Ethernet Switching Still In Recession Thanks To AI Shift https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/06/ethernet-switching-still-in-recession-thanks-to-ai-shift/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/06/ethernet-switching-still-in-recession-thanks-to-ai-shift/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:37:33 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=145163 The original design manufacturers, or ODMs, as well as the portions of the original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, that act like ODMs in that they create custom machines for hyperscalers and cloud builders and sell that at high volume and low margin, have long since taken over the server market. …

Ethernet Switching Still In Recession Thanks To AI Shift was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/06/ethernet-switching-still-in-recession-thanks-to-ai-shift/feed/ 0 145163 The Back End AI Network Puts Pressure On The Front End https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/08/the-back-end-ai-network-puts-pressure-on-the-front-end/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/08/the-back-end-ai-network-puts-pressure-on-the-front-end/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:17:07 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144976 For most of the history of high performance computing, a supercomputer was a freestanding, isolated machine that was designed to run some simulation or model and the only link it needed to the outside world was a relatively small one to show some visualization. …

The Back End AI Network Puts Pressure On The Front End was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/08/the-back-end-ai-network-puts-pressure-on-the-front-end/feed/ 1 144976 System Spending Forecast Goes Through The Datacenter Roof https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/28/system-spending-forecast-goes-through-the-datacenter-roof/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/28/system-spending-forecast-goes-through-the-datacenter-roof/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:34:31 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144890 The third quarter earnings season starts this week for the hyperscaler and cloud giants, and it is fortuitous that the economists and IT analysts at Gartner have updated their forecast for IT spending for 2024 and added an jaw-dropping forecast for 2025 and hinted at a brave new world of massive datacenter spending out to 2028. …

System Spending Forecast Goes Through The Datacenter Roof was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/28/system-spending-forecast-goes-through-the-datacenter-roof/feed/ 0 144890 Even As Bandwidth Needs Explode, Ethernet Spending Is In Recession https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/01/even-as-bandwidth-needs-explode-ethernet-spending-is-in-recession/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/01/even-as-bandwidth-needs-explode-ethernet-spending-is-in-recession/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:31:24 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144762 No one like the R word, but we don’t shy away from data and calling it like we see it. …

Even As Bandwidth Needs Explode, Ethernet Spending Is In Recession was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/01/even-as-bandwidth-needs-explode-ethernet-spending-is-in-recession/feed/ 0 144762 Can Marvell Profit As It Tries To Triple Its Business By 2028? https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/06/21/can-marvell-profit-as-it-tries-to-triple-its-business-by-2028/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/06/21/can-marvell-profit-as-it-tries-to-triple-its-business-by-2028/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2024 23:16:23 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144321 A rising tide may lift all boats, and that is a good thing these days with any company that has an AI oar in the water. …

Can Marvell Profit As It Tries To Triple Its Business By 2028? was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

]]> https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/06/21/can-marvell-profit-as-it-tries-to-triple-its-business-by-2028/feed/ 10 144321 Cisco Starts To See Signs Of Datacenter Spending Recovery https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/05/16/cisco-starts-to-see-signs-of-datacenter-spending-recovery/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/05/16/cisco-starts-to-see-signs-of-datacenter-spending-recovery/#comments Thu, 16 May 2024 15:05:42 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=144158 If you look at the financial results for Cisco Systems over more than a decade, it is hard to tell one year from the other. …

Cisco Starts To See Signs Of Datacenter Spending Recovery was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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