Tech Giants Forge New Ethernet Alliance to Power Next-Generation AI Infrastructure
A coalition of technology leaders including Meta, Microsoft, and NVIDIA has launched the Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking initiative to advance AI infrastructure capabilities. The collaboration aims to establish open standards for handling massive AI workloads across distributed systems. Meta engineers simultaneously revealed significant advancements in their data center networking architecture.
Industry Leaders Unite on Ethernet Standards for AI Scaling
Major technology companies have formed a new alliance to develop Ethernet standards specifically designed for scaling artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to reports from the Open Compute Project. The Ethernet for Scale-Up Networking (ESUN) initiative brings together Meta Platforms, AMD, Arista, ARM, Broadcom, Cisco, HPE Networking, Marvell, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI and Oracle to address growing demands in AI system networking.
