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Cisco has unveiled its Silicon One G300, a 102.4-terabit switch chip aimed at scaling AI data-centre networks, SiliconANGLE reports. The announcement also includes updates to Cisco’s network-management software and open-source SONiC operating system.

That is a broader networking move than the company’s separately covered optical-module work: the G300 is a new silicon announcement, not another detail about the USFP form factor. The report does not give further specifications for the software updates, so the chip is the clearest concrete development here. For AI operators, more network capacity is part of the infrastructure challenge, even if it is less glamorous than the accelerators doing the calculations. How much should buyers value a headline switch-capacity figure before real deployment results are available?

Discuss: How much should AI data-centre buyers value a headline switch-capacity figure before real deployment results are available?

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