NVSwitch
Coverage of NVSwitch in the Nexus archive.
- The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company
Marvell CEO Matt Murphy and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predict the shift from copper interconnects to silicon photonics will revolutionize datacenters, potentially making Marvell a trillion-dollar company. Marvell has acquired Inphi and Celestial AI to advance its optical interconnect technology, with Nvidia investing $2 billion to support this transition.
- Astera speaks softly and carries a big switch
Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia's NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator. The new switch enables high-speed connectivity without NVLink baggage. This innovation aims to provide flexibility in constructing AI systems.
- No-Nvidia interconnect club delivers 2.0 spec before v1.0 silicon ships
The UALink Consortium, a group of tech companies developing an alternative to Nvidia's interconnect technologies, has released its 2.0 specification ahead of planned silicon shipments. The consortium split work between physical layer and protocol specs to accelerate development while competing with Nvidia's NVLink and NVSwitch technologies.