Ethernet

Capturing the AI Wave: New Revenue Models for Service Providers and Colocation Operators

Introduction Service Providers (SP) and Colocation (Colo) Providers play a pivotal role in enabling and scaling the AI economy. AI workloads, whether training, inference, agentic, consumer, or enterprise, have fundamentally different compute, storage, networking, and power requirements than traditional applications. Organizations must process massive volumes of sensitive, mission-critical data, redefining… Read More »Capturing the AI Wave: New Revenue Models for Service Providers and Colocation Operators

AI Fabrics for Neo and Sovereign Clouds: Why Non-Blocking Design Matters

Introduction AI Ethernet Switching provides the backbone for connecting GPUs. We discussed the different types of AI fabrics and the advantages Ethernet had in our previous blog. The fabrics are key to how Neo Clouds and Sovereign Clouds build next-generation AI clusters. Idle GPUs and congestion costs are significant. This… Read More »AI Fabrics for Neo and Sovereign Clouds: Why Non-Blocking Design Matters

A Tale of Three Networks, AI Networking Infrastructure Surge Spans Multiple Protocols and Technologies

Scale-Up (Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe, UALink), Scale-Out (Ethernet, InfiniBand), and Front-End (Ethernet) Contribute to $50B+ in Incremental Networking Opportunity This Decade AI’s extreme performance demands are driving divergence in networking architectures, featuring distinct protocols, technologies, and topologies across components. We expect companies to embrace multiple aspects of these challenges and develop… Read More »A Tale of Three Networks, AI Networking Infrastructure Surge Spans Multiple Protocols and Technologies

Today’s Distributed Hybrid AI requires investments in AI Fabrics, DCI/WAN, and Security

AI Networking to Approach $100B a Year by the End of the Decade By Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group As the market moves from foundational models to widespread adoption of inference, AI networking fabrics will increasingly span multiple facilities. For a hyperscaler, this could mean connecting… Read More »Today’s Distributed Hybrid AI requires investments in AI Fabrics, DCI/WAN, and Security

Ethernet AI Networking Revenue Surges over 150% Y/Y, Bandwidth over 200% Y/Y in 2024

Scale-out (Backend) and Frontend Al Achieve Record Revenue with 2025 Expected o Exceed $10B Networks need to be specifically designed for AI workloads in order to achieve maximum performance. We can’t just use traditional networking. 2024 showed this with the rapid growth in InfiniBand, significant enhancements and purpose-built Ethernet products,… Read More »Ethernet AI Networking Revenue Surges over 150% Y/Y, Bandwidth over 200% Y/Y in 2024

Marvell 2nm to Usher in Next-Generation Platforms to Help Drive AI Workloads

First Delivery of Silicon Indicates Technology Innovation Cycles are Accelerating  The innovation and product cycles for Cloud infrastructure continue to push the limits of all technologies as Hyperscalers push AI to 1M XPU clusters and squeeze out efficiencies in order to scale power. The push towards AI will fundamentally change… Read More »Marvell 2nm to Usher in Next-Generation Platforms to Help Drive AI Workloads

Networking for AI represents Huge and Growing Part of DC CAPEX as Scale-up, Scale-out; Front-end Networks Support the Surge in Demand for AI Applications

Strong NVIDIA Momentum in Networking for AI in 2024, Led by NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand, Also Surging NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Sales 2024 was an exciting year for AI. Overall spending on AI equipment in the data center blew past $200B in 2024 as larger Hyperscalers, new cloud startups, sovereigns, and pretty… Read More »Networking for AI represents Huge and Growing Part of DC CAPEX as Scale-up, Scale-out; Front-end Networks Support the Surge in Demand for AI Applications

Massive June-July 2024 Announcement Slate Pushes Ethernet into Dominant Position in AI Networking

Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, DriveNets and NVIDIA All Message the Growing Importance of Ethernet Products The past two months were busy for AI Ethernet Providers, with announcements showcasing new products and providing historical revenue growth forecasts. Overall, the announcements highlight the long-term growth of AI Networking into a $30+B market by… Read More »Massive June-July 2024 Announcement Slate Pushes Ethernet into Dominant Position in AI Networking