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Arista Networks

Ethernet switching leader for AI back-end fabrics

Arista is the leading high-speed data-center Ethernet switch vendor, building its 7800R/7700 series on Broadcom silicon and pushing Ethernet as the open alternative to InfiniBand for AI back-end networks. It co-founded the Ultra Ethernet Consortium and anchors AI Ethernet fabrics at hyperscalers like Microsoft and Meta. 400G/800G AI cluster networking is now a major growth driver, with Arista guiding to multi-billion-dollar AI networking revenue.

Platforms

7800R/7700 (Broadcom-based)

Speeds

400G/800G AI fabrics

Standard

Ultra Ethernet Consortium co-founder

How it fits the stack

Arista Networks with what it depends on (above) and what it feeds (below). The figure renders as a crawlable diagram and upgrades to an interactive 3D graph as it scrolls into view.

depends onsuppliesusessuppliescompetes withArista NetworksPowerBroadcomchokepointUltra Ethernet /UALink consortiaMicrosoft AzureInfiniBand (NVIDIAQuantum)
Arista NetworksDepends on ↑Feeds ↓Related

Arista Networks in the AI stack. Arista Networks with its immediate upstream dependencies (top) and downstream dependents (bottom) in the AI value chain. Hover a node in 3D, or read the full relationships below.

Graph data (text) — 5 entities, 5 relationships
  • Arista Networksdepends onBroadcom
  • Arista NetworkssuppliesBroadcom
  • Arista NetworksusesUltra Ethernet / UALink consortia
  • Microsoft AzuresuppliesArista Networks
  • Arista Networkscompetes withInfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)