[NVIDIA and Cisco launch new pluggable optical modules suitable for new generation AI factories] On October 13th, NVIDIA and Cisco announced the launch of ultra-dense small form factor pluggable modules (USFP). According to reports, the new high-density optical module has a single channel of 400Gb/s and a capacity of up to 12.8Tb/s, which is suitable for the new generation of AI factories equipped with hardware ecosystems. Compared with single-channel 200Gb/s optical modules, USFP can provide 4 times the bandwidth density and 1.3 times the energy efficiency, so the AI ​​factory can connect more computing systems without increasing the network layer, while reducing the transmission power consumption per unit of data. To build a multi-source hardware ecosystem around USFP, NVIDIA and Cisco are partnering with TE Connectivity and Amphenol.