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Converge Digest tracks the networks, optics, silicon, data centers and systems powering the AI era—with 25 years of context.
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Meta’s Santosh Janardhan detailed the construction, Ethernet networking, optical connectivity and fault-tolerant software behind the gigawatt-scale Prometheus AI training cluster at OCP Global Summit.
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Vuzix showcases its Causeway optical interconnect evaluation platform at OCP 2026, demonstrating 19,200 parallel optical pathways across approximately 30 mm for prospective AI computing…
NVIDIA expands its OCP contributions with Vera Rubin MGX 1.2, DSX software, Spectrum-6 Ethernet, 800V DC, USFP optics and Falcon Transport.
NVIDIA and Cisco propose USFP, a 400Gb/s-per-lane optical form factor offering up to 12.8Tb/s aggregate bidirectional bandwidth for AI fabrics.
AMD CEO Lisa Su said Helios production shipments began in September and previewed 192-core EPYC Verano silicon during her OCP Global Summit keynote.
AMD’s Helion open rack blueprint offers CPU-only and mixed CPU/GPU configurations for agentic AI, with partner availability planned for November 2026.
Celestica’s DS6005 combines 102.4 Tbps co-packaged optics, liquid cooling and SONiC in a 1.5OU ORv3 switch for AI networking.
Applied Materials opens its planned $5 billion EPIC Center in Sunnyvale with TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix to accelerate semiconductor R&D and…
Cisco adds 51.2 Tbps G302 switching, reports first G300 system shipments and confirms Microsoft and Alibaba P200 production deployments.
Microsoft plans multi-gigawatt Azure Maia deployments starting in 2027. Maia 300 combines HBM4, TSMC N2P compute chiplets, 96-accelerator racks and Ethernet-based scale-up networking.
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