Broadcom Inc. announced its latest portfolio of highly-scalable, high-performing, low-power 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters to revolutionize the data center ecosystem. These latest products offer an enhanced, open, standards-based Ethernet NIC and switching solution to resolve connectivity bottlenecks as XPU bandwidth and cluster sizes grow rapidly in AI data centers. As the industry?s first Ethernet adapter built with 5nm process technology, the new portfolio enables the most power and thermally efficient design in the market.

Combined with the device?s ability to drive passive copper cables up to five meters or ultra-low power linear pluggable optics transceivers and Broadcom?s high-radix Ethernet switches, the adapter delivers higher rack density using mainstream air-cooling technology. The Broadcom family of Ethernet adapters meets the growing demand for higher data transfer speeds required in future AI networks. Equipped with a third-generation RoCE pipeline, low-latency congestion control technology and innovative telemetry features, the portfolio is ideal for the high-bandwidth, high-stress network environment that characterizes AI infrastructure.

This leading-edge next-generation portfolio is backed by Broadcom?s long-term, proven execution and multi-decade heritage of high-performance Ethernet solutions, from 1G to 400G. It features Broadcom?s sixth generation-hardened NIC architecture and expands the company?s AI portfolio to fortify its Ethernet data center infrastructure leadership. The adapter software, designed to be vendor agnostic, supports a broad ecosystem of CPUs, GPUs, PCIe and Ethernet switches using open PCIe and Ethernet standards.

In line with Broadcom?s objectives as a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, this approach underscores the company?s commitment to a standards-based ecosystem. The 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet family (BCM57608) is broadly available from multiple server vendors, as well as from Broadcom.