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Hardware
21 October 2026
OCP 2026 networking portfolio: Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra, Jericho 4, Thor Ultra 800G NIC, third-generation TH6-Davisson co-packaged optics
AI networking / co-packaged optics
HardwareCompany or official announcementTRL: Commercial
Evidence: corporate announcement · TRL: commercial · Sources: investors.broadcom.com · broadcom.com · RKV-RND-2026-10-21-019
Full write-up from 21 October 2026
Latest verified R&D update. Date: 2026-10 (OCP Global Summit, mid-October). At the OCP Global Summit in October 2026, Broadcom presented Tomahawk 6, Tomahawk Ultra (shipping; 51.2 Tbps, under 250 ns latency), Jericho 4, Thor Ultra 800G and Thor 2 NICs, and third-generation TH6-Davisson co-packaged optics for scale-up and scale-out AI fabrics. Evidence: corporate announcement. TRL: commercial. Source(s): https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-redefines-ai-infrastructure-industry-leading-networking; https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/ai-infrastructure/the-future-of-ai-infrastructure-why-ethernet-and-optical-connectivity-are-redefining-scale-up-networks