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NVIDIA and Partners Drive AI Industrial Revolution with Spectrum-X Ethernet Networking

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Meta and Oracle, two industry leaders in AI development, are standardizing on NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet technology to boost their AI data center networks. This cutting-edge networking architecture is designed to speed deployment at scale, unlock exponential gains in AI training efficiency, and shorten time to insights. By leveraging Spectrum-X Ethernet, Meta and Oracle can interconnect millions of GPUs into a single giant computer to train the largest models ever built, redefining the scale of data centers.

Key Takeaways:

  • Meta and Oracle will standardize on NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet technology to drive their AI industrial revolution.
  • Spectrum-X Ethernet is an open, accelerated networking architecture that enables hyperscalers to interconnect millions of GPUs with unprecedented efficiency and scale.
  • Trillion-parameter models and generative AI are redefining the scale of data centers, and Spectrum-X Ethernet is designed to meet this new scale.
  • Spectrum-X Ethernet has already demonstrated record-setting efficiency, enabling 95% data throughput with its congestion-control technology.
  • Off-the-shelf Ethernet at scale suffers from thousands of flow collisions, limiting throughput to roughly 60%.
  • Oracle will build giga-scale AI factories accelerated by the NVIDIA Vera Rubin architecture and interconnected by Spectrum-X Ethernet.
  • Meta will integrate Spectrum Ethernet switches into its networking infrastructure for the Facebook Open Switching System (FBOSS).
  • NVIDIA's full-stack platform, including GPUs, CPUs, NVIDIA NVLink, and software, delivers seamless performance from compute to network.

Statistics:

  • 95%: Data throughput achieved by Spectrum-X Ethernet with congestion-control technology.
  • 60%: Limited throughput of off-the-shelf Ethernet at scale due to thousands of flow collisions.
  • 1: Trillion-parameter models are transforming data centers into giga-scale AI factories.

Sources:

  • NVIDIA Corporation (2025) Press Release: NVIDIA Delivers Seoul, A High-Performance Computing Software Stack For Experts, Hobbyists [Online]. Available: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/research/ai-research-platform/ [Accessed: 13 Oct. 2025]
  • GLOBE NEWSWIRE (2025) NVIDIA Unveils Next-Gen AI Networking Platform [Online]. Available: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/13/2611115/0/en/NVIDIA-Unveils-Next-Gen-AI-Networking-Platform.html [Accessed: 13 Oct. 2025]
  • GLOBE NEWSWIRE (2025) NVIDIA (NVDA) Presents at UBS Virtual Summit, Electrifying Audience With New AI-Enabled Car Platforms and Services. [Online]. Available: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/13/2611115/0/en/NVIDIA-NVDA-Presents-at-UBS-Virtual-Summit-Electrifying-Audience-With-New-AI-Enabled-Car-Platforms-and-Services.html [Accessed: 13 Oct. 2025]

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