Sunday, March 19, 2023

Broadcom previews “Bailly” 51.2 Tbps CPO Switch

At the recent OFC23, Broadcom showed a mechanical sample of its upcoming 51.2 Tbps Tomahawk 5 switch with co-packaged optical (CPO) integration. 


Here is Broadcom’s Manish Mehta showing the “Bailly” mock-up.

Broadcom begins volume shipment of 51.2 T Tomahawk 5

Broadcom has begun volume shipments of its Tomahawk 5 family of Ethernet switch/router chips.Tomahawk 5 offers 51.2 Tbps of switching capacity, twice that of any other switch on the market. The high radix of Tomahawk 5 enables single-hop connectivity between 256 high-performance AI/ML accelerators, each having 200Gbps of network bandwidth. Broadcom says Tomahawk 5’s advanced Cognitive Routing ensures high network utilization even under the most...



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