Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet
Celestica has launched its DS6000 family of network switches featuring 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet, designed for high-performance computing and AI workloads. The switches are built around Broadcom's 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6 ASIC, which supports the 200 Gbps SerDes needed for 1.6 Tbps connectivity. The new hardware aligns with the rollout of Nvidia's ConnectX-9 NICs and emerging demands for faster data center networking.
- ▪Celestica's DS6000 switches offer 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet in a single chassis.
- ▪The switches are based on Broadcom's 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6 ASIC with 200 Gbps SerDes technology.
- ▪They are available in both 19-inch 3U air-cooled and OCP-compliant 21-inch liquid-assisted cooling designs.
- ▪Nvidia's ConnectX-9 NICs support 1.6 Tbps connectivity, likely split across two 800 Gbps links.
- ▪AMD's MI455X GPU platform uses three 800 Gbps Pensando Vulcano NICs per GPU.
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Networks Bandwidth hogs rejoice, Celestica's latest switch is bristling with 64 ports of 1.6 Tbps Ethernet Networking kit arrives just in time for Nvidia's 1.6 Tbps ConnectX-9 NICs Tobias Mann Thu 30 Apr 2026 // 18:18 UTC If you thought 800 Gbps Ethernet was fast, just wait. Celestica's latest switches cram 64 1.6 Tbps ports into a single chassis. The networking vendor this week began taking orders for its DS6000 family of switches, which are aimed primarily at high-performance computing applications like AI training and inference. The switches will be offered in both a 19-inch 3U air-cooled chassis and an OCP-compliant 21-inch design that uses a combination of air and liquid cooling.
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