Cisco has announced new solutions in partnership with Nvidia to accelerate secure and scalable artificial intelligence (AI) across all market segments, including the Cisco N9100 data center switch and the industry’s first AI-native wireless stack for 6G.
The current deployment of data centers to drive AI applications and innovation requires “new architectures designed to overcome current limitations in power, computing, and network performance,” said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco.
In this context, Cisco has partnered with Nvidia to offer its customers across all market segments, including neocloud, enterprise, and telecom, the flexibility and interoperability needed to efficiently build, manage, and secure AI infrastructure at scale.
To that end, they have introduced the Cisco N9100, the first data center switch designed by an Nvidia partner based on the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet switching chip. It offers an architecture compatible with Nvidia Cloud Partner and for regulated sovereign cloud environments.
The Cisco N9100 switch series will be available this year, with the option of Cisco NX-OS or SONiC operating systems, as Cisco announced in a press release.
For enterprise customers, Cisco Secure AI Factory with Nvidia strengthens protection and visibility across all AI deployments with new security integrations and observation capabilities.
And to pave the way for next-generation connectivity in the telecommunications industry, Cisco, Nvidia, and other partners have introduced the first American AI-RAN stack for mobile networks.
The stack combines Cisco’s user plane functionality and core 5G software with the Nvidia AI Aerial platform, creating a foundation that enables highly efficient and secure physical AI and sensing.
This allows telecom providers to infuse AI into their mobile networks, starting with advanced 5G services and laying the groundwork for 6G, with the goal of meeting the growing demand to support billions of connections.
