# The NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet Platform Explore innovative, efficient Ethernet solutions for accelerated AI. Introduction ## Complete Ethernet Solutions, From Host to Switch Experience industry-leading Ethernet performance, availability, and ease of use across a wide range of applications—including cloud computing, data storage, AI, and more. NVIDIA Spectrum™ Ethernet is a standards-based, end-to-end platform that includes Spectrum switches, [NVIDIA® ConnectX® SuperNIC™s](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/ethernet/supernic.md), [NVIDIA BlueField® DPUs](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/data-processing-unit.md), LinkX® cables, and networking software.   The [NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ Ethernet](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/spectrumx.md) platform is purpose-built to drive generative AI at unprecedented scale—boosting network performance by 1.6x and sustaining breakthrough 95% efficiency across deployments exceeding 100,000 GPUs. #### Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switches Scale NVIDIA Rubin-Based AI Factories The new NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics switch systems improve power efficiency and uptime by 5x. [Read the Press Release](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/rubin-platform-ai-supercomputer) #### NVIDIA DSX Air Boosts Time to Token With AI Factory Simulation Simulate complex deployments for compute, networking, storage, orchestration and security — before a single server is unboxed. [Read the Blog](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/dsx-air-simulation-ai-factories/) ## New Co-Packaged Silicon Photonic Networking Switches to Scale to Millions of GPUs, Multi-Site AI Factories [Learn More](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/silicon-photonics.md) ## Products ## What’s Inside the Spectrum Ethernet Platform ### Spectrum Ethernet Switch Systems The NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet switch family includes a switch and software portfolio spanning 1GbE to 800GbE. NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet switches are ideal for building AI fabrics connecting NVIDIA AI factories, supporting both traditional pluggable optics as well as [co-packaged silicon photonics](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/silicon-photonics.md)-based switches. Combining Spectrum switches with the [NVIDIA Cumulus® Linux](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/cumulus-linux.md) network operating system (NOS), [NVIDIA Pure SONiC NOS](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/sonic.md), [NVIDIA NetQ™](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/netq.md) validation toolset, and [NVIDIA DSX Air](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/air.md) simulation platform delivers the performance and features that every data center needs. [Learn More About Ethernet Switching Solutions for Data Center](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching.md) ### BlueField DPUs The NVIDIA BlueField DPU ignites unprecedented innovation for modern data centers, delivering a broad range of advanced networking, storage, and security services for complex compute and AI workloads, virtual machines (VMs), containers, and bare-metal servers in enterprise and cloud. By combining the industry-leading [NVIDIA ConnectX](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-adapters.md) network adapter with an array of Arm® cores, BlueField offers purpose-built hardware acceleration engines with full programmability through [NVIDIA DOCA™](https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca). [Learn More About BlueField Data Processing Units](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/data-processing-unit.md) ### Ethernet SuperNICs NVIDIA Ethernet SuperNICs are a novel class of network accelerators based on the BlueField-3 networking platform, purpose-built for supercharging hyperscale AI workloads. Designed for network-intensive, massively parallel computing, the ConnectX and BlueField SuperNICs provide up to 1.6 Tb/s RoCE network connectivity between GPU servers, optimizing peak AI workload efficiency. Ushering in a new era of AI cloud computing, the NVIDIA SuperNICs enable high-performance, multi-tenant data center environments while ensuring deterministic and isolated performance between tenant jobs. [Learn More About Ethernet SuperNICs](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/ethernet/supernic.md) ### ConnectX NICs The industry-leading NVIDIA ConnectX family of intelligent network adapters offers the broadest and most advanced hardware acceleration engines. Running any workload at any scale, ConnectX enables the highest ROI and lowest TCO for cloud data centers, enterprise environments, and SDN and network functions virtualization (NFV) for telecommunications companies. [Learn More About Ethernet Network Adapters](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-adapters.md) ### Networking Software NVIDIA networking delivers cloud-scale efficiency and simplified, unified operations via an API-first, automation-centric approach. From low-level SDKs and libraries ([DOCA](https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca)) to switch network operating systems ([Cumulus Linux](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/cumulus-linux.md), [SONiC](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/sonic.md)), to powerful DOCA services, fabric-wide visibility ([NetQ](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/netq.md)) and simulation ([DSX Air](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/air.md)) toolsets, NVIDIA’s offerings deliver the features needed for AI factories. [Learn More About NVIDIA NetQ](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/netq.md) [Learn More About NVIDIA DSX Air](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/ethernet-switching/air.md) ### LinkX Ethernet Cables and Transceivers NVIDIA LinkX cables and transceivers are designed to maximize the performance of high-performance computing networks, delivering high bandwidth, low latency, and highly reliable connections between Ethernet elements. [Learn More About LinkX Cables and Transceivers](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/interconnect.md) ### Capabilities ## How Ethernet Enhances the Network ### NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Platform Spectrum-X Ethernet is purpose-built to accelerate generative AI networking performance by 1.6x, delivering breakthrough 95% efficiency at 100,000+ GPU scale. [Learn More About Spectrum-X Ethernet](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/spectrumx.md) ### Industry-Leading RoCE Performance NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet switches, NICs, SuperNICs and DPUs provide best-in-class, enterprise-grade RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) acceleration, which delivers unmatched throughput and low-latency connectivity for scale-out, distributed applications. [Learn More About RoCE](https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-networking-ai/nvidia-spectrum-x) ### NVIDIA DOCA Software Framework The NVIDIA DOCA software development kit enables developers to rapidly create applications and services on top of NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, leveraging industry-standard APIs. [Learn More About NVIDIA DOCA](https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca) ### Zero-Trust Protection From platform security to accelerated crypto and distributed firewalls, NVIDIA BlueField SuperNICs and DPUs provide software-defined, hardware-accelerated security engines for zero-trust protection across every layer of the stack. [Learn More About NVIDIA BlueField](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/products/data-processing-unit.md) ### Partners ## Spectrum-X Ethernet Networking Platform Available From These Partners ### Resources ## Discover More About NVIDIA Networking ## Networking for the Era of AI: The Network Defines the Data Center [Read the Whitepaper](https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-networking-ai/networking-overall) ## Next Steps ## Ready to Get Started? ### Get a Free Trial of NVIDIA Networking Software Simulate a fully automated network topology using NVIDIA DSX Air. [Get Started](https://air.nvidia.com/login) #### Discover Networking for the Era of AI The network is ultimately responsible for AI performance, acting as the backbone of the data center to harness the power of generative AI. [Read Whitepaper](https://resources.nvidia.com/l/en-us-accelerated-networking-resource-library-explore?contentType=white-paper&overlay_url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.nvidia.com%2Fen-us-accelerated-networking-resource-library%2Fnext-generation-networking-next-wave-ai%3Flx%3DLbHvpR) #### Learn About the Spectrum-X Ethernet Platform The Spectrum-X Ethernet platform is designed specifically to improve the performance and efficiency of Ethernet-based AI infrastructure. [Read Datasheet](https://resources.nvidia.com/en-us-networking-ai/networking-ethernet-1)