NVIDIA Spectrum-X Networking Platform
Accelerate AI network performance by 1.6X over traditional Ethernet.
Introduction
The World’s First Ethernet Networking Platform for AI
Easily provision and manage powerful AI applications with the NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ networking platform. Powered by the tight coupling of the NVIDIA Spectrum-4 Ethernet switch and the NVIDIA® BlueField-3 SuperNIC™, Spectrum-X delivers the highest performance for AI, machine learning, and natural language processing, as well as diverse industry applications.
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Benefits
Powerful Performance in the AI Cloud
Spectrum-X is a revolutionary solution for building multi-tenant, hyperscale AI clouds with Ethernet. Using Spectrum-X, organizations can significantly improve the performance and power efficiency of AI clouds and gain higher predictability and consistency, resulting in faster time to market and a greater competitive edge.
Nearly Perfect Bandwidth at Scale
Extremely Low Latency
End-to-End Stack Optimization
Advanced RoCE Extensions for Scalable AI Communications
Deterministic Performance and Performance Isolation
Open Network Operating System: SONiC and NVIDIA® Cumulus®
Improved AI Cloud Performance
NVIDIA Spectrum-X enhances network performance by 1.6X, accelerating the processing, analysis, and execution of AI workloads and, in turn, the development and deployment of AI solutions.
Accelerated Ethernet for Hyperscale
Powered by NVIDIA networking innovations, Spectrum-X is fully standards-based Ethernet with support for open Ethernet stacks (SONiC) at cloud scale.
Full-Stack Optimization
Spectrum-X is tuned and validated across the full stack of NVIDIA hardware and software, creating an unmatched Ethernet solution for AI clouds.
Products
What’s Inside the Platform
NVIDIA Spectrum-4
The NVIDIA Spectrum SN5000 series switches are the fifth generation of Spectrum Ethernet switches, purpose-built to accelerate hyperscale generative AI fabrics. With port speeds reaching up to 800 gigabits per second (Gb/s), SN5000 switches deliver accelerated Ethernet for every data center without compromising between performance and features.
NVIDIA BlueField-3
The NVIDIA BlueField-3 SuperNIC is a novel class of network accelerators, purpose-built for supercharging hyperscale AI workloads. Designed for network-intensive, massively parallel computations, the BlueField-3 SuperNIC provides up to 400Gb/s RoCE network connectivity between GPU servers, optimizing peak AI workload efficiency.
Applications
How Spectrum-X Technology Is Used
Partners
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