Forbes March 18, 2025
Building any complex system is a sum of its parts, but the most foundational element is the thing that binds them together. In brick, it’s mortar; in wood, it’s nails; and in data centers, it’s networking. Last year, Nvidia CEO Jenson Huang declared that “the data center is the new unit of compute.” This means an entire data center should be thought of as a single system, just as a system-on-chip (SoC) or a server. Combining all those individual elements, including processing, memory, and storage, into a single platform requires a complex, high-performance, low-latency network.
Disclosure: My company, Tirias Research, has consulted for Nvidia and other companies mentioned in this article.
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