Cisco Systems introduced networking chips for AI supercomputers, competing with Broadcom and Marvell Technology.

Cisco said that chips from its SiliconOne series are being tested by five of the six major cloud providers, without naming the companies. According to Bofa Global Research, key cloud players include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, which together dominate the cloud computing market.

The growing popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as ChatGPT, which are powered by a network of specialized chips known as graphics processing units (GPUs), has made the speed at which these individual chips communicate extremely important.

Cisco is a major supplier of networking equipment, including ethernet switches, which connect devices to a local area network such as computers, laptops, routers, servers, and printers.

It claims that the latest generation of its ethernet switches, the G200 and G202, have twice the performance of the previous generation and can connect up to 32,000 GPUs.

“G200 & G202 are going to be the most powerful networking chips in the market, fueling AI/ML workloads and enabling the most power-efficient network,” said Cisco fellow and former principal engineer Rakesh Chopra.

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According to Cisco, the chips can perform AI and machine learning tasks with 40% fewer switches and less lag while being more power efficient.

Broadcom announced the Jericho3-AI chip in April, which connects up to 32,000 GPU chips.

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