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Cisco Advances Open AI Infrastructure Collaboration with NVIDIA for Hyperscale Growth

Oct 12, 2026, 11:07 AM EDT1 sourcesAI-analyzed
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Clear product and collaboration milestones with hyperscaler validation (Microsoft, Alibaba) plus OS/optics innovations suggest accelerating demand for Cisco’s Silicon One platform and related hardware, likely supporting multiple expansion scenarios in the AI infra cycle.

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At the OCP Global Summit 2026, Cisco unveiled silicon, systems, and optics to enable open AI infrastructure from rack-scale compute to distributed capacity. The drive toward an open stack—from silicon to Kubernetes—gains credibility through Microsoft and Alibaba deployments, 102.4T G300 sampling, 51.2T G302 capacity, and a plan for 400G-per-lane USFP optics and Live Protect support by 2027.

  • Cisco and NVIDIA plan an open 400G-per-lane pluggable optics spec.
  • G300 sampling; first systems shipping; G302 51.2T with 200G SerDes.
  • Microsoft production on P200; Alibaba deploys 51.2 Tbps Quantum Cat routers.
  • USFP 400G-per-lane optics planned; Live Protect mid-2027; 8001 management expands SONiC.
  • G302 shipping by end-2026; AI scale targets drive broader open networking adoption.

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