Engineering Architecture Brief

NVIDIA LinkX® Cables and Transceivers provide a comprehensive portfolio of high-speed copper and optical interconnect solutions for Ethernet and InfiniBand networks. Supporting speeds from 10Gb/s up to 800Gb/s (and newer 1.6Tb/s solutions), the LinkX family includes Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables, Active Copper Cables (ACC), Active Optical Cables (AOC), and optical transceivers in SFP, QSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP112, and OSFP form factors. Designed for NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet switches, Quantum InfiniBand switches, ConnectX NICs, BlueField DPUs, and DGX AI systems, LinkX products deliver ultra-low latency, high reliability, and energy-efficient connectivity for hyperscale AI and enterprise data center deployments.

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NVIDIA LinkX® Cables and Transceivers

High-performance Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions designed for AI factories, cloud data centers, and high-performance computing environments.

System Metrics Table

Applications AI Factories, HPC, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Data Centers and Storage Networks

Available Speeds 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G, 100G, 200G, 400G, 800G

Cable Types DAC, ACC, AOC and Optical Transceivers

Compatibility Spectrum Switches, Quantum Switches, ConnectX NICs, BlueField DPUs and DGX Systems

Connector Types LC, MPO, QSFP and OSFP

Copper Media Passive and Active Copper Cables

Deployment Leaf-Spine Networks, AI Clusters, GPU Fabrics and Hyperscale Data Centers

Interoperability Optimized for NVIDIA End-to-End Networking Ecosystem

Latency Ultra-Low Latency Interconnect

Maximum Data Rate Up to 800Gb/s

Maximum Optical Reach Up to 10 km (selected models

Optical Media Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber

Platform Type High-Speed Network Interconnect

Power Efficiency Optimized for Low Power Consumption

Product Family NVIDIA LinkX

Reliability Factory Tested and NVIDIA Certified

Signal Technology NRZ and PAM4 Modulation

Supported Form Factors SFP, SFP28, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP-DD, QSFP112 and OSFP

Supported Protocols Ethernet and InfiniBand