NVIDIA and Cisco Unveil USFP Pluggable Optical Module Program
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On October 12, 2026, NVIDIA and Cisco jointly announced the USFP (Ultra-Small Form Factor Pluggable) optical module program. According to an October 13 report, USFP is a high-density pluggable optical module with 400Gb/s per lane, targeting the scaling needs of next-generation AI factory networks, with the goal of controlling network complexity, power consumption and cost as connection scale grows. The program has just been announced, with no further progress details yet.
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NVIDIA and Cisco on October 12 jointly announced plans for the USFP (Ultra-Small Form-factor Pluggable) optical module, a high-density pluggable with 400Gb/s per lane, aimed at the scaling needs of next-generation AI factory networks and helping control network complexity, power consumption and cost as connection counts grow.
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