Nvidia’s new silicon photonics-based 400 Tb/s switch platforms enable clusters with millions of GPUs
AtGTC 2025, Nvidia introduced its Spectrum-X Photonics and Quantum-X Photonics networking switch platforms for exascale datacenters that use silicon photonics. The new networking switch platforms up data transfer speed to 1.6 Tb/s per port, and 400 Tb/s in the aggregate, allowing millions of GPUs to operate together seamlessly. Nvidia says the new switches offer higher bandwidth, lower power loss, and superior reliability compared to conventional networking solutions. The Spectrum-X Photonics Ethernet and Quantum-X Photonics InfiniBand platforms deliver speeds of 1....