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Transforming Bottlenecks into Breakthroughs: Scaling Secure AI Networks for AI Factories (Presented by Cisco Systems)#

GTC 2026 digest Program Adjacent pick San Jose · 16–19 March 2026

Abstract Talk page Slides Recording

Will Eatherton (Cisco) — Talk, Wednesday, March 18

  • Why: The main non-NVIDIA silicon and optics perspective on AI fabrics at NVIDIA's own show — worth tracking for competitive triangulation even though the abstract reads as pure positioning.
  • What: Cisco + NVIDIA joint work on AI networking across silicon, systems, software, and optics, with scale-fabric architectures and validated designs aimed at bandwidth, latency, and security limits of AI workloads. (from abstract only)
  • How: No mechanism specifics in the abstract — expect validated-reference-design content rather than internals.
  • Where applicable: Cisco + NVIDIA joint stack; sponsor-flavored and number-free, so treat as directional. Kept in the digest because a second vendor's view of AI-fabric scaling (especially optics) is otherwise absent from this program.