NVIDIA and Cisco Introduce Pluggable Optics Form Factor for AI Factories

Summary

NVIDIA and Cisco are reported to have introduced a new pluggable optics form factor intended to help scale AI factories. The supplied article text separately states that NVIDIA has committed $1 billion over the next five years to advance U.S. science, which does not match the title's subject. Technical specifications, timing, and availability for the optics form factor are not provided.