Supply chain / Networking
NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet
NVIDIA's Ethernet platform for AI, pairing Spectrum switches with SuperNICs and BlueField DPUs to run RDMA over Converged Ethernet between GPU servers.
- Type
- Technology
- Where it sits
- The Ethernet alternative to InfiniBand inside NVIDIA-based clusters, and the networking used by many multi-tenant AI clouds.
What we checked
- NVIDIA lists Spectrum SN5000 and SN6000 series switches and SuperNICs as the core of the platform, aimed at multi-tenant AI factories. (source)
- The platform page also covers Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics, which uses silicon photonics in place of pluggable transceivers, with power and resilience claims made by NVIDIA. (source)
Written by ComputeFinder from public pages on 2 October 2026. Company statements are the company's own, not independently checked, and reported items are marked as such. Not yet reviewed line by line by a second person. If something is wrong, tell us.