BROADCOM DELIVERS INDUSTRY-LEADING CLOUD TECHNOLOGY TO ENTERPRISE DATA CENTERS

Broadcom Inc. announced the delivery of the new Broadcom Trident 4-X7 Ethernet switch ASIC— a 4.0 Terabits/second fully programmable switch designed for enterprise data centre ToR (Top of Rack) boxes.

The Trident 4-X7 offers native support for 400G connectivity to the next-generation spine/fabric technologies, which are making their way from the cloud into enterprise data centres. This new device offers greater performance and features, while cutting power per 100G port by more than half versus the current generation solution.

The Trident 4-X7 also offers hardware features for analytics, diagnostics and telemetry that cloud customers can use to automate their data centre operations. These features will greatly improve reliability, while reducing operational costs. Also, Trident 4-X7 is fully programmable and can be upgraded in the field to support new data centre requirements. This is imperative for the longer enterprise life cycles that necessitate the highest level of future-proofing for longer platform lifetime and investment protection.

As the enterprise market enters a new upgrade phase with their spine networks migrating to 400G, the next generation of enterprise data centres will immensely benefit from the Trident 4-X7. The SerDes and port speeds provided by the Trident 4-X7 will support the next generation of servers as AI/ML workloads expand into enterprise data centres. The chip also supports Enterprise SONiC and SAI to promote rapid and seamless integration into data centre operations networks.

Trident 4-X7 Key Benefits

Availability
Broadcom is now shipping Trident 4-X7 devices to qualified customers. For more information on the Broadcom Trident 4-X7 Ethernet switch please click here.