NVIDIA's first co-packaged optics Ethernet switch, Spectrum-X Photonics, enters full production
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-11-07
NVIDIA announced that Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics, the world's first co-packaged optics Ethernet switch, is now in full production. Silicon photonics is integrated directly into the switch package for better signal integrity and power efficiency, which NVIDIA calls the most advanced Ethernet switch to date.
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