Cisco, Nvidia expand partnership to bring AI-ready data centre solutions to enterprises

Cisco and Nvidia announced Tuesday plans for an expanded partnership with the intent to create a cross-portfolio unified architecture to simplify the building of AI-ready data centre networks for enterprises. As part of the partnership, Nvidia will enable Cisco Silicon One coupled with Nvidia SuperNICs to become part of the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform. Under the agreement, Cisco would be the only partner silicon supported in Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet solutions. Cisco will build systems combining Nvidia Spectrum silicon with Cisco operating system software, allowing enterprise customers to simultaneously standardize Cisco networking and Nvidia technology in the data centre, according to a Cisco...