Broadcom Ethernet Fabric for AI ML at Scale Wrap Up

Mohan Kalkuntay discusses Broadcom's approach to enabling the ecosystem for its Tomahawk-5s and Jericho-3 AI silicon. He highlights the flexibility offered through various network operating system options (OEM-ported, DriveNets, Sonic), emphasizing customer choice and avoiding vendor lock-in. He then presents performance benchmarks comparing Broadcom's Ethernet solutions to InfiniBand, showing comparable or superior performance in hyperscaler tests. Kalkuntay details the Ultra Ethernet Consortium's efforts to standardize high-performance interconnect features and concludes by showcasing successful Ethernet deployments in AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Meta Platforms, emphasizing Ethernet's openness, robust ecosystem, competitive performance, and scalability.