Cisco has announced the 8223 routing system, the world’s first fixed Ethernet router delivering 51.2 terabits per second (Tbps) of throughput. Built to meet the increasing needs of artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, the 8223 is powered by Cisco’s new Silicon One P200 chip. This breakthrough delivers record scalability, power savings, and programmability, making it possible to connect data centers securely and efficiently over long distances. Martin Lund, EVP of Cisco’s Common Hardware Group, highlighted the requirement for such infrastructure by saying, “AI compute is outgrowing the capacity of even the largest data center, driving the need for reliable, secure connection of data centers hundreds of miles apart.”
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The Cisco 8223 provides a variety of advanced features specifically designed for AI networking. It accommodates 64 interfaces of 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GE), handles more than 20 billion packets per second, and scales to 3 exabits per second. Its deep-buffer technology and 800GE coherent optics support provide immunity from traffic spikes and facilitate data center interconnects up to 1000 km. The system is also extremely power efficient, optimized for fixed deployments, and offered for open-source SONiC deployments, with IOS XR support to come. These developments are destined to reshape AI networking, giving organizations the means to create flexible, secure, and scalable infrastructures for the AI age.
