Interconnect
The link between the chips: NVLink, CXL, and PCIe.
PsiQuantum's 8x8 optical switch prototype claims lower light loss than rivals
Tom's Hardware says PsiQuantum's 8x8 optical switch prototype loses less light than rivals, with the company planning larger devices for AI data center GPU networks.
Sonnet Echo SE III T5 sells for $799.99 and fits 7.75-inch cards
Sonnet sells the Echo SE III T5 for $799.99, below the $1,199.99 Echo III T5 Desktop, and limits cards to 7.75 inches.
ConnectX-8 SuperNIC manual lists OSFP and QSFP112 SKUs in mass production
The ConnectX-8 SuperNIC user manual lists C8180 in mass production with a single-cage OSFP port, 800Gbs XDR IB default, and PCIe 6 x16 at 64GT/s.
The Cooler Master EU GPU Shield price cuts the warranty
The EU GPU Shield adapter carries a two-year warranty, shorter than the US three-year term, while the store lists it at €29.99 incl. VAT.
Sonnet adds three PCIe slots to Thunderbolt 5 Macs
The Echo III T5 gives Macs three full-size PCIe slots through a Thunderbolt 5 connection.
Cisco and Nvidia push pluggable optics to 12.8 Tbps
Power is the limit Cisco and Nvidia are trying to push past in USFP.
Delos Data's $100-plus Nonstop AI push targets inference latency
The over-$100 million round at Delos Data points to the network path in AI inference, not to another accelerator.
Huawei's LogicFolding heat gap
The open question is whether the bonded stack can shed heat, not whether the buffer count falls.
MediaTek Filogic 8800 targets mixed-generation Wi-Fi efficiency
MediaTek's Filogic 8800 is a tri-band Wi-Fi 8 router platform that claims near-100 percent system throughput gains and 50 percent lower power in mixed-generation networks.
ElmorLabs PMD2X moves 12V-2×6 monitoring to individual wires
ElmorLabs PMD2X measures individual 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 wires, while the connector path is rated for a continuous 51 A load.
Huawei's cluster claim outranks its market-share claim
Huawei's Q&A says a 256,000-card SuperCluster is being deployed and tested, while The Register reports Ascend has surpassed Nvidia in China.
WiCi One puts an RTX 5090 behind a Wi-Fi 7 wall
WiCi One pairs an RTX 5090 with a Wi-Fi 7 4×4 MIMO radio and claims shared GPU access for nearby laptops and phones.
AMD IOMMU PerfOpt targets Radeon iGPU AI workloads
AMD queued a Linux 7.4 IOMMU PerfOpt patch that bypasses IOMMU translation for integrated graphics, with a headline AI/LLM gain of 18 to 23 percent.
NVIDIA MMS1X00-N5400 adds QSFP112 400G optics for GB300 scale-out
NVIDIA's MMS1X00-N5400 is a 400 Gbps QSFP112 optic that uses four 112G PAM4 lanes, 1310 nm signaling, and an MPO-12 connector for 500 m single-mode links.