Cisco unveils new AI networking chip, taking on Broadcom, Nvidia

Cisco Systems on Tuesday launched a ‍new chip and router designed to speed information through massive data ⁠centers that will compete against offerings from Broadcom and Nvidia for a piece of the $600 billion AI infrastructure spending boom.

Cisco said its ‌Silicon One ‌G300 switch chip, expected to go on sale in the second half ‌of the year, will help the chips that train and deliver AI systems talk to each other over hundreds of thousands of links.