Broadcom has announced the delivery of the new Broadcom Trident 4-X7 Ethernet switch, ASIC – a 4.0 Terabits per second fully programmable switch designed for enterprise data centre ToR (Top of Rack) boxes.
The Trident 4-X7 offers native support for 400G connectivity to the next-generation spine/fabric technologies, which are making their way from the cloud into enterprise data centres. This new device offers greater performance and features while cutting power per-100G port by more than half versus the current generation solution.
It also offers hardware features for analytics, diagnostics and telemetry that cloud customers can use to automate their data centre operations. These features will greatly improve reliability while reducing operational costs. Also, Trident 4-X7 is fully programmable and can be upgraded in the field to support new data centre requirements. This is imperative for the longer enterprise life cycles that necessitate the highest level of futureproofing for longer platform lifetime and investment protection.
“Broadcom has made huge investments in addressing the needs of our cloud customers,” said Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom. “We are also uniquely positioned to bring all of these cloud technologies into enterprise data centres. Enterprise customers can now take advantage of the same capabilities and innovations.”
