Cisco announced New Silicon One G300-powered Cisco N9000 and 8000 systems, advanced optics and management upgrades deliver hyperscale-level performance, reliability and efficiency for all AI network builders. As the AI ecosystem buildout expands beyond hyperscalers, Cisco AI Networking innovations address the critical considerations of the next phase of AI buildouts - increasing energy efficiency, lowering operating costs, and simplifying operations. New Cisco N9000 and Cisco 8000, powered by the G300, offer 102.4 Tbps switching speeds in systems designed for hyperscalers, neoclouds, sovereign clouds, service providers, and enterprises.
New systems available as a 100% liquid cooled design that, along with new optics, enables a customer to improve energy efficiency by nearly 70%. The Cisco Silicon One G300 will power new Cisco N9000 and Cisco 8 systems that push the frontier of AI networking in the data center. The G300 uniquely offers Intelligent Collective Networking, which combines fully shared packet buffer, path-based load balancing, and proactive network telemetry to offer better performance and profitability for large-scale data centers.
Cisco Silicon One G300 is highly programmable, enabling equipment to be upgraded for new network functionality even after it has been deployed. Cisco Silicon One is the industry's most scalable and programmable unified networking architecture, offering a complete portfolio of networking devices across AI, hyperscaler, data center, enterprise, and service provider use cases. Introduced in 2019, Cisco Silicon One is playing critical roles in major networks around the world.
New Systems, Optics: High-Density, Scalable Design for Power-Efficiency and Performance: To enable AI network builders of all sizes - hyperscale to enterprise - Cisco is introducing the next generation of Cisco N9000 and Cisco 1000 fixed and modular Ethernet systems, powered by Silicon One, and designed for the extreme power and thermal demands of AI workloads. With new N9000 and 8000 systems supporting LPO, customers can reduce overall switch power by 30%, leading to more reliable and sustainable operations. Expanded Portfolio of Silicon One P200-powered Systems: building on the introduction of 51.2T systems for hyperscale deployments, new P200-powered N9000 systems and expanded OS support on 8223 systems deliver scale across, data center interconnect, universal spine, and core and peer routing capabilities to neoclouds, enterprises, and service providers.
Cisco is also introducing new 28.8T modular line cards. To address the diverse requirements of these environments, Cisco is advancing Nexus One with a unified management plane that brings together silicon, systems, optics, software, and programmable intelligence as a single integrated solution. The company also introducing AgenticOps for data center networking through AI Canvas -- making it easier to troubleshoot through guided, human-in-the-loop conversations that turn complex issues into actionable solutions.
The Cisco N9000 systems serve as the common hardware for a diverse set of fabrics, including Nexus Hyperfabric, with a unified management plane to centralize operations.
