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Tomahawk 6: The industry’s first 100-terabit switch chip
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 4:00PM Part 2: Data Centre Switching
Peter Del Vecchio, product manager for the Tomahawk switch family at Broadcom, outlines the role of the company’s latest Tomahawk 6 Ethernet switch chip in AI data centres.
Peter Del Vecchio
Broadcom is now shipping samples of its Tomahawk 6, the industry’s first 102.4-terabit-per-second (Tbps) Ethernet switch chip.
The chip highlights AI's impact on Ethernet networking switch chip design since Broadcom launched its current leading device, the 51.2-terabit Tomahawk 5.
The Tomahawk 6 is more evolutionary, rather than a complete change, notes Del Vecchio.
The design doubles bandwidth and includes enhanced networking features to support AI scale-up and scale-out networks.
