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.
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 Networks —depends on→ Broadcom
- Arista Networks —supplies→ Broadcom
- Arista Networks —uses→ Ultra Ethernet / UALink consortia
- Microsoft Azure —supplies→ Arista Networks
- Arista Networks —competes with→ InfiniBand (NVIDIA Quantum)
Depends on ↑ · 3
Context — capital, rivals, policy · · 1