Cisco Systems (CSCO, Financials) and NVIDIA (NVDA, Financials) announced an expanded partnership to develop AI-ready networking solutions for enterprises, integrating Cisco Silicon One with NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform.
The joint effort is meant to meet the growing need for low-latency, high-performance connection in corporate networks, cloud environments, and artificial intelligence data centers. Cisco's networking silicon will be included into the NVIDIA Spectrum-X platform, therefore serving as the only partner silicon in Ethernet solutions with an AI emphasis.
Under the deal, Cisco intends to create data center switches using NVIDIA's Spectrum Ethernet technology. Using Cisco's operating system software, the project will let businesses unify networking infrastructure and take use of NVIDIA's AI accelerating features. Cisco Chair and Chief Executive Officer Chuck Robbins said the alliance is meant to remove roadblocks for businesses trying to optimize their technology investments and use AI infrastructure effectively.
Emphasizing the fast developments in artificial intelligence, NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said that businesses all over will be able to create contemporary AI infrastructure at scale by integrating Cisco's global enterprise reach with NVIDIA's AI-oriented networking technologies.
The increased cooperation is supposed to provide businesses a consistent networking architecture to maximize AI tasks. With improvements expected for delivery in mid-2025, Cisco plans to improve its Silicon One-based networking devices to enable NVIDIA Spectrum-X.
The firms also want to cooperate on cooperative solutions to enhance scalability, congestion control, and AI network performance. New Cisco Spectrum switches among other innovations will be revealed at a later time.
