Cisco Unveils New Silicon and Optics for AI Networks

Cisco unveiled new silicon chips and optical networking systems at the Open Compute Project Global Summit, targeting the growing demands of AI workloads. Key announcements include the Silicon One G300 chip now shipping at volume, the new 51.2-terabit Silicon One G302 switch due before year-end, and a jointly developed Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Repluggable optical module with Nvidia offering 12.8 Tb-per-second capacity. Cisco also introduced the Cisco 8001 out-of-band network management system and updated its SONiC operating system with a new Live Protect security feature arriving next year.