Partnership
NVIDIA x Cisco (USFP optics)
NVIDIA and Cisco announced plans for USFP (Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable) optics at OCP on Oct 12 2026, working with TE Connectivity and Amphenol. Designed for 400Gb/s per lane with 16 full-duplex lanes in an OSFP-sized footprint (path to 32 lanes / 12.8Tb/s). Companies plan an open multi-source specification.
technology · Announced · just announced
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /partnerships/nvidia-x-cisco-usfp-optics.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/partnerships/nvidia-x-cisco-usfp-optics
- Revision history: /partnerships/nvidia-x-cisco-usfp-optics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
6287191f-612f-4be8-81cf-b45ef0e8818e- Type
- technology
- Status
- Announcedjust announced
- Announced
- 2026-10-12today
Who’s involved
World leader in accelerated computing and AI (NASDAQ: NVDA). In physical AI, NVIDIA develops the Isaac robotics platform: the GR00T open foundation model, Jetson edge compute (AGX Thor), Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim simulation environments, and Omniverse. NVIDIA positions itself as the platform layer for the humanoid industry. Developer of [GR00T N1](/brains/gr00t-n1), the first open humanoid foundation model.
Most-frequent partners
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a networking and IT infrastructure company. Cisco's IoT division provides networking for industrial automation, [Connected](/companies/connected-robotics) vehicles, and robotics. Makes strategic investments via Cisco Investments in networking, security, and edge computing for autonomous systems.
Most-frequent partners
Off-registry parties
- TE Connectivity · manufacturer
- Amphenol · manufacturer
Related partnerships
Other partnerships of NVIDIA
- technology—operating
- technology—operating
- technology—operating
- technology—operating
- technology—operating
Other partnerships of Cisco Systems
- Cisco x ServiceNow (AI Security)Cisco Systems + ServiceNowtechnology2025-04-28just announced
- technology2025-02-25operating
Recent partnerships of the same kind
- technology—operating
- loram x One Big CircleLoram + One Big Circletechnology—operating
- General Mills x Google CloudGeneral Mills + Google Cloudtechnology—operating
- technology—just announced
- iron-mountain-data-centers x Check Point SoftwareIron Mountain Data Centers + Check Point Softwaretechnology—operating
- technology—operating
Sources (3)
- https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2026/m10/nvidia-and-cisco-new-pluggable-optics-to-scale-ai-factories.html · 2026-10-12
- https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ocp-global-summit-vera-rubin-scale-ai-factories/ · 2026-10-12
- https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-and-nvidia-announce-usfp-expanding-the-path-to-ai-connectivity · 2026-10-12
Deploy Watch
Track this partnership.
We notify you when the status changes against primary-source evidence, expansion is verified, or the partnership is terminated.