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The introduction of a new pluggable optics form factor by NVIDIA and Cisco addresses critical infrastructure bottlenecks required to scale high-bandwidth AI data centers. This development is significant for the hardware supply chain, as it offers a standardized solution to integrate advanced optical interconnects into existing factory environments more efficiently. While the headline mentions "AI Factories," the core subject matter pertains to the physical networking components and manufacturing scalability necessary to support large-scale model training and inference workloads.
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NVIDIA and Cisco Introduce New Pluggable Optics Form Factor to Scale AI Factories
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