Scaling artificial intelligence is not just a compute problem but increasingly a network issue, a reality that Arista Networks addressed by unveiling its latest switch family targeted toward AI data centers.
The new generation, the R4 Series platform, is based on the Broadcom Jericho3 Qumran3D silicon and is designed for AI, cloud data centers, and routed backbone deployments.
“reduce total cost of ownership, while ensuring high performance, low AI job completion time, low power consumption and integrated security”
Brendan Gibbs, vice president of AI, routing and switching platforms at Arista, stated this goal in a conversation last week.
Arista Networks aims to solve network issues in AI data centers with its latest platforms.
Author summary: Arista Networks debuts R4 Series platform for AI data centers.