announced the delivery of the new Broadcom Trident 4-X7 ASIC Ethernet switch – a 4.0 Terabits/second fully programmable switch designed for enterprise data center ToR (Top of Rack) boxes.
Trident 4-X7 natively supports 400G connectivity for next-generation column/fabric technologies moving from the cloud to enterprise data centers. This new device offers greater performance and features while reducing power per 100G port by more than half compared to the current generation solution.
The Trident 4-X7 also offers hardware capabilities for analytics, diagnostics and telemetry that cloud customers can use to automate their data center operations. These features will greatly improve reliability and reduce operating costs. Additionally, the Trident 4-X7 is fully programmable and can be field upgraded to support new data center requirements. This is critical for longer business lifecycles that require the highest level of future-proofing for longer platform life and investment protection.
“Broadcom has made huge investments to meet the needs of our cloud customers,” said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. “We are also uniquely positioned to bring all of these cloud technologies to enterprise data centers. Enterprise customers can now leverage the same capabilities and innovations.”
As the enterprise market enters a new upgrade phase by migrating their backbone networks to 400G, the next generation of enterprise data centers will benefit immensely from 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 centers.
The chip also supports Enterprise SONiC and SAI to promote fast and seamless integration into data center operations networks.
Benefits of the Trident 4-X7
- Doubles bandwidth and reduces power by more than half compared to current generation
- Routing and policy scales have greatly increased over the current generation to support ever-expanding network sizes
- High-performance enterprise ToR with support for 50 or 100G to the server and 400G connectivity to the spine/fabric
- A fully programmable switch, allowing additions of powerful new features without any need for hardware changes
- Investment protection with a long-term horizon for enterprise data centers that will need to keep up with innovations developed for the cloud segment