At the Open Compute Project (OCP) 2025 Global Summit, Broadcom introduced Ethernet Scale Up Networking (ESUN), a groundbreaking approach designed to advance Ethernet-based AI infrastructure. As AI workloads continue to expand, modern data centers require networks that can handle massive bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and efficient data movement between thousands of GPUs. ESUN addresses this challenge by redefining how Ethernet can scale vertically within AI clusters. Unlike traditional Ethernet designs optimized for general-purpose connectivity, ESUN is built specifically for scale-up AI systems. It enables direct, high-bandwidth communication between accelerators while maintaining the open and interoperable nature of Ethernet. This innovation helps bridge the gap between proprietary interconnects and open networking standards, making AI clusters more flexible, efficient, and cost-effective to deploy. Broadcom’s ESUN integrates advanced features such as adaptive routing, congestion control, and precise flow management, ensuring predictable performance even under intense AI workloads. By leveraging Broadcom’s extensive silicon and networking expertise, ESUN provides the scalability needed for next-generation training and inference environments. As AI continues to reshape industries, from cloud computing to semiconductor design, open innovation through OCP and technologies like ESUN will be crucial in accelerating adoption while reducing infrastructure complexity. Ethernet, now more than ever, stands at the center of scalable AI networking, enabling organizations to build faster, smarter, and more sustainable data centers. Related News: https://lnkd.in/g53re7vG #Broadcom #2025OCP #Ethernet #AIInfrastructure #DataCenter #Networking #AI #CloudComputing #Semiconductors #Innovation #ESUN #EthernetScaleUpNetworking
Broadcom introduces Ethernet Scale Up Networking for AI at OCP 2025
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Broadcom has officially joined the Open Compute Project’s new ESUN (Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking) initiative after stepping down from the UALink board, signaling a strategic shift toward open Ethernet-based AI networking. At the same time, AMD, ARM, and NVIDIA have been added to the OCP board of directors, reinforcing the group’s commitment to building open, scalable data center infrastructure. These moves reflect growing industry momentum behind collaborative standards for AI-driven hyperscale computing and sustainability. #Broadcom #NVIDIA #ChipMaker #TechGiants #AMD #OCP2025 #ESUNInitiative #AIInfrastructure #EthernetNetworking #OpenCompute #DataCenters #TechCollaboration #TechnologyNews https://lnkd.in/drZZmsPi
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Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra processor marks a major step forward in AI-era networking. Unveiled in July 2025, the Tomahawk Ultra is designed to accelerate large-scale chip-to-chip communication — a critical bottleneck in modern AI infrastructure. The processor enables higher bandwidth efficiency inside data centers, connecting more chips simultaneously while reducing latency across high-performance computing systems. In the AI acceleration race, compute power alone is not enough — network efficiency now defines real performance. Broadcom’s latest innovation reinforces the importance of interconnect technologies that bind the next generation of GPUs and accelerators together. Connectivity is becoming the new frontier of computation. #AI #Semiconductors #Broadcom #Networking #DataCenters #HPC #Innovation
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The networking landscape for Artificial Intelligence is currently witnessing a contest akin to the tale of two formidable Titans, each vying for control of the digital realm. On one side stands InfiniBand, the specialized speed god, and on the other, Ethernet, the ubiquitously adopted giant. The battle is for nothing less than the future of Scale-Up, Scale-Out, and Scale-Across AI deployments. InfiniBand's strengths are undeniable: it offers High Speed, Low Latency, High Throughput, and superior Reliability. This performance makes it the champion for massive, closely-knit AI compute clusters, supported primarily by NVIDIA and Microsoft. Yet, its adoption is hindered by its higher price point and the risk of vendor lock-in to NVIDIA. Ethernet counters with a compelling Cost-Performance Ratio, widespread adoption, and superior Fault Recovery capabilities. Supported by Broadcom, Google, and AWS, it is the economical choice. Its weaknesses include limited scalability and the need for extra components like routers and switches to handle large networks. This intense architectural rivalry, driven by NVIDIA's dual strategy and Broadcom's challenge, underscores the critical industry implication that network fabric is no longer a passive utility; it is the fundamental, performance-determining component that defines the limits of innovation in the current AI arms race. #InfiniBand #Ethernet #AINetworking #DataCenter #AIHPC #NVIDIASpectrumX
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Modern data centers are evolving fast - driven by the demands of AI, sustainability, and performance at scale. Dell Technologies is leading this shift with next-gen infrastructure optimized for energy efficiency, workload flexibility, and AI readiness. At the heart of this evolution are Intel® Xeon® processors, powering the compute needed for today’s complex, data-intensive environments. 🔍 Explore how Dell and Intel are shaping the future of the data center: https://shr.bi/MbNSTtpl #DellTechnologies #Intel #IntelXeon #DataCenter #AIInfrastructure #ModernIT #SustainableIT #ITInnovation #AITech #DellInfrastructure
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⚙️ ESUN: Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking at OCP The Open Compute Project (OCP) has introduced a new workstream — Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking (ESUN) — targeting the next frontier of AI infrastructure interconnects. Unlike traditional scale-out Ethernet (optimized for cluster-wide communication), scale-up networking addresses intra-node, low-latency, high-throughput connectivity across XPUs (CPU, GPU, DPU, NPU). 🔹 ESUN will define specifications and frameworks for: • Network functionality: congestion management, reliability, transport semantics, memory-to-memory flows. • XPU-endpoint functionality: NIC offloads, load balancing, collective operations, GPU/accelerator memory semantics. • Fabric scalability: leveraging Ethernet-based designs for rack-level and pod-level AI systems while avoiding proprietary lock-ins. With support from AMD, Arista, ARM, Broadcom, Cisco, HPE, Marvell, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Oracle, this initiative aims to deliver open, interoperable Ethernet fabrics for AI training & inference at hyperscale. This is not about Ethernet catching up — it’s about redefining Ethernet for AI-scale data movement. #OCP #Ethernet #Networking #AIInfrastructure #ScaleUpAI #XPUs
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META IS PRESENTLY UNDERPERFORMING VERSUS SOME NAMES LIKE AMD AND MORE. HOWEVER, AMONG OTHER ARROWS IN THEIR BASKET OF IDEAS, NVIDIA announced that Meta and Oracle will boost their AI data center networks with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking switches. Meta and Oracle are standardizing on Spectrum-X Ethernet switches as an open, accelerated networking architecture that speeds deployment at scale, unlocks exponential gains in AI training efficiency and shortens time to insights. From my point of view, Meta could be one of the best performer in the months ahead. Don,t miss it when it moves it could show a similar momentum as AMD.
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AI clusters require top-notch connectivity components given that a single slow GPU link or failed connection can significantly impede performance. As AI networking environments become more dependent on optical networking components, enterprises need to pay close attention to the reliability of those high-speed optics, Cisco warns. https://hubs.ly/Q03M7V0f0
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Modern data centers are evolving fast - driven by the demands of AI, sustainability, and performance at scale. Dell Technologies is leading this shift with next-gen infrastructure optimized for energy efficiency, workload flexibility, and AI readiness. At the heart of this evolution are Intel® Xeon® processors, powering the compute needed for today’s complex, data-intensive environments. 🔍 Explore how Dell and Intel are shaping the future of the data center: https://shr.bi/R2tnSPYR #DellTechnologies #Intel #IntelXeon #DataCenter #AIInfrastructure #ModernIT #SustainableIT #ITInnovation #AITech #DellInfrastructure #Axiz
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🤝 Broadcom reportedly stepped down from UALink's board and joined OCP's new ESUN initiative, with AMD, ARM, and NVIDIA joining OCP's board. New battle lines forming in AI interconnect? 🚀 ESUN is a new open initiative driving Ethernet innovation for the fast-growing AI scale-up domain. 💡More: https://buff.ly/y3f3oS0 🔗 #Broadcom #AMD #NVIDIA
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