AMD releases Pollara 400G AI NIC, plans faster Vulcano

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AMD has released its Pollara 400 AI network card, aiming to enhance high-speed data center networking for AI applications. The card supports the Ultra Ethernet Consortium standard. The Pollara 400 AI NIC, designed for PCIe Gen5 systems, offers up to 400Gbps bandwidth and supports RDMA, improving performance over competitors. AMD plans a Vulcano 800G AI NIC for 2026, targeting PCIe Gen6 systems. AMD's move challenges Nvidia's dominance in AI networking, with the Vulcano card aiming to be an open, multi-vendor alternative. The industry's readiness to adopt these new standards will be key to AMD's success.


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