GTC—NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA
Spectrum™-4, the next generation of its Ethernet platform which
enables the extreme networking performance and robust security
needed for data center infrastructure at scale.
The world’s first 400Gbps end-to-end networking platform, NVIDIA
Spectrum-4 provides 4x higher switching throughput than previous
generations, with 51.2 terabits per second. It consists of the
NVIDIA Spectrum-4 switch family, NVIDIA ConnectX®-7 SmartNIC,
NVIDIA BlueField®-3 DPU and the DOCA™ data center
infrastructure software to supercharge cloud-native applications at
scale.
Built for AI, NVIDIA Spectrum-4 arrives as data centers are
growing exponentially and demanding extreme performance, advanced
security and powerful features to enable high-performance, advanced
virtualization and simulation at scale. The Spectrum-4 Ethernet
platform includes key features needed for the uncompromising
requirements of these technologies.
Spectrum-4 switches allow nanosecond timing precision — which is
an improvement of five to six orders of magnitude compared to
typical, millisecond-based data centers. They also accelerate,
simplify and secure the network fabric with 2x faster per-port
bandwidth, 4x fewer switches and 40 percent lower power consumption
compared to the previous generation.
The Spectrum platform enables the simulation of precise space
and time in the NVIDIA Omniverse™ platform for 3D design
collaboration and simulation and the Spectrum-3 switch fabric
connects 32 OVX servers to form the OVX SuperPOD.
“A new era of massive-scale cloud technologies, such as
Omniverse, requires a transformation of data center architecture,”
said Kevin Deierling, vice president of Networking at NVIDIA. “The
Spectrum-4 platform’s extreme performance and robust security will
equip data centers to power breakthrough discoveries that push the
boundaries of what’s possible for the benefit of society.”
NVIDIA Spectrum-4 Switch Performance and
InnovationThe NVIDIA Spectrum-4 ASIC and SN5000 switch
family is based on a 4N process and contains over 100 billion
transistors along with a simplified transceiver design that leads
to best-in-class power efficiency and total cost of ownership. With
51.2Tbps aggregate ASIC bandwidth supporting 128 ports of 400GbE,
combined with adaptive routing and enhanced congestion control
mechanisms, Spectrum-4 optimizes RDMA over Converged Ethernet
fabrics and dramatically accelerates data centers.
The Spectrum-4 ASIC features state-of-the-art security features
such as support for MACsec and VXLANsec, plus secure boot as
default via hardware root of trust to help ensure the security and
integrity of data flows and network management.
With 12.8Tbps of encrypted bandwidth and these security features
— also found in BlueField-3 DPUs and ConnectX-7 SmartNICs —
Spectrum-4 is the fastest, most secure end-to-end Ethernet
networking platform on the market.
The Spectrum platform, inclusive of Spectrum switches, BlueField
and ConnectX, boosts performance and scalability for AI
applications, digital twins and cloud infrastructure, enabling the
highest efficiency and availability for modern data centers.
Growing Ecosystem of Spectrum SupportThe speed,
security and functionality of the Spectrum platform is ideal for
building state-of-the-art data centers and is being adopted by a
growing number of partners.
BlueField DPUs now offload and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift,
including an end-to-end cloud-native architecture that integrates
tenant and infrastructure clusters with automation and deployment
tools capable of running complex containerized workloads.
BlueField is also central to VMware’s Project Monterey, which
includes a collaboration between VMware and NVIDIA that aims to
improve the performance, manageability and security of data
centers.
Now select enterprises can get immediate access to VMware’s
Project Monterey Beta with BlueField on NVIDIA LaunchPad. LaunchPad
equips IT administrators to deploy data-driven applications for
quick testing and prototyping entire workflows on the same complete
stack.
BlueField-2 DPU integration with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series
virtual next-generation firewalls and Intelligent Traffic Offload
service delivers best-in-class security innovation that results in
up to a 5x performance boost to virtual firewalls for enterprise
and service provider networks.
The Spectrum platform accelerates state-of-the-art data center
networking infrastructure for industry-leading customers and
software vendors that include Akamai, Baidu, Canonical, Criteo,
DDN, F5, Kuaishou, NetApp, Nutanix, OVHcloud, Pure Storage,
Pluribus Networks, Red Hat, StackPath, VAST Data, VMware, WEKA and
others.
Industry-leading server manufacturers integrating Spectrum
switches into their systems include Hewlett Packard Enterprise,
IBM, Lenovo and Supermicro.
NVIDIA BlueField DPUs are being offered in solutions from
innovators that include ASUS, Atos, Dell Technologies, GIGABYTE,
H3C, IBM, Inspur, Lenovo, Nettrix, Pluribus Networks, Quanta/QCT
and Supermicro.
The BlueField-3 DPU and Spectrum-4 switch systems will be
available later this year. ConnectX-7 is available now.
To learn more about NVIDIA Spectrum, watch the GTC 2022 keynote
from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Register for GTC for free to attend
sessions with NVIDIA and industry leaders.
About NVIDIANVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention
of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market and
has redefined modern computer graphics, high performance computing
and artificial intelligence. The company’s pioneering work in
accelerated computing and AI is reshaping trillion-dollar
industries, such as transportation, healthcare and manufacturing,
and fueling the growth of many others. More information at
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
For further information, contact:Alex
ShapiroEnterprise NetworkingNVIDIA
Corporation+1-415-608-5044ashapiro@nvidia.com
Certain statements in this press release including, but not
limited to, statements as to: the benefits, impact, specifications,
performance and availability of our products and technologies,
including NVIDIA Spectrum-4, NVIDIA ConnectX-7 SmartNICs, the
Spectrum platform and NVIDIA BlueField DPUs; data centers growing
exponentially and demanding extreme performance, advanced security
and powerful features to enable high-performance, advanced
virtualization and simulation at scale; the requirements of a new
era of massive-scale cloud technologies; the growing ecosystem of
Spectrum support; the Spectrum platform being adopted by a growing
number of partners; our collaborations with third parties,
including Project Monterey; the Spectrum platform accelerating
state-of-the-art data center networking infrastructure for
industry-leading customers and software vendors; industry-leading
server manufacturers integrating Spectrum switches into their
systems; and the innovators offering NVIDIA BlueField DPUs in
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