Broadcom Ships 102.4 Tbps Tomahawk 6, Tapped by Meta for MTIA AI Chips
Broadcom has begun shipping Tomahawk 6 switches in production volumes, delivering 102.4 Tbps throughput—double Tomahawk 5’s—with 100G/200G SerDes support to optimize scale-out/scale-up AI networks, enabling 1M-XPU clusters. Meta tapped Broadcom to produce MTIA 300 AI chips now in volume production, with MTIA 400 testing and 450/500 models forthcoming.
1. Broadcom Launches Tomahawk 6 in Volume Production
Broadcom has begun shipping its Tomahawk 6 switch series in production volumes, delivering 102.4 Tbps throughput—double the Tomahawk 5’s capacity. The new switch supports 100G and 200G SerDes, advanced load balancing, and congestion management to optimize scale-out/scale-up AI networks and enable clusters with over one million XPUs.
2. Meta Engages Broadcom for MTIA AI Chip Manufacturing
Meta Platforms has tapped Broadcom to manufacture its internally developed Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) chips, with MTIA 300 now in volume deployment for ranking and suggestion training. MTIA 400 has completed testing, while MTIA 450 and MTIA 500 are slated to optimize generative AI inference and expand high-bandwidth memory capacity.
3. Implications for AI Infrastructure Market
By shipping the world’s first 102.4 Tbps switch and securing the MTIA chip contract, Broadcom strengthens its position as a leading AI infrastructure provider. The combination of high-density switching and custom chip production positions the company to capture growing demand from hyperscalers and enterprise data centers seeking high-performance, low-latency AI networks.