San Jose, Calif. (October 16, 2024) –
OCP Global Summit 2025: Xsight Labs and Interface Masters Partner
To produce a world's highest performance enhanced switch appliance (EXA)
Summary:
Xsight Labs Ltd. announced a strategic collaboration with Interface Masters Technologies to deliver an industry’s service density and lowest power-per-RU Smart Switch offering fully programmable SDN for all layers – OSI L2-L7.The Tahoe 3828 EXA Enhanced Switch Appliance delivers over four times the service density with half the power per Gbps over alternative Smart Switch options, while only requiring 1RU of rack space. The SONiC Network OS, including support for a 1.6T SONiC DASH Hero datapath is available. The EXA will be offered by both Interface Masters and their partners with complete software applications.
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The Interface Masters EXA is built on two TSMC N5 chips by Xsight Labs employing 112G SerDes on both the switch and DPUs, ensuring the highest performance and superior economics. The Xsight Labs development model avoids unnecessary complexity and proprietary vendor lock-in. The E1 supports off-the-shelf Linux and standard DPDK or other common data plane tools, as opposed to overly complex architectures found in other DPUs. This open-programming model enables the fastest time to market with the greatest feature velocity.
“As AI redirects budgets away from large established markets, including traditional mobility, enterprise, and cloud, these new all-layer smart switches will enable the delivery of new mission-critical services,” said Ted Weatherford, VP business development, Xsight Labs. “With the disruptive TCO and the extreme feature velocity offered by the Tahoe 3828 EXA, software-defined smart switches are destined to replace dumb switches in the rapidly evolving AI era.”
The initial EXA is available in a 1RU form factor with 28 x 400GE networking ports of connectivity and with 128 x N2 Arm cores running Ubuntu. The system is Arm SystemReady (SR) Level 6, allowing any standard Linux distribution to run 64-bit cloud-native applications. The accelerating pace of AI and Edge Inference applications is best served by an open community with a democratized approach provided by the T3828 EXA.
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“We at Interface Masters are proud of having the opportunity to work together with Xsight Labs on our Tahoe 3828 Enhanced Switch Appliance (EXA) making use of the X2 switching ASIC and the E1 DPU. Our Tahoe 3832 Enhanced Switch (EX) is also based on the X2 switching ASIC. These systems stand out with their low power consumption, programmability, and timing capability, allowing them to be used across multiple industry verticals such as cloud service providers, telecommunications, media & broadcast, cyber security, and defense,” said Alexander Jeffries, VP business development, Interface Masters.
“Niagara Networks has selected the Interface Masters Tahoe 3828 EXA as its hardware platform to host their FabricFlow packet broker engine. The Tahoe 3828 EXA delivers the highest service density per watt and per rack unit of any alternative on the market, and we are confident this partnership will provide the lowest total cost of ownership for our strategic customers,” said André Vink, VP, products and engineering, Niagara Networks.
“At RedFig Networks, we are excited to adopt the Interface Masters Technologies Tahoe 3828 EXA into our solution stack. By combining Xsight Labs’ X2 programmable switch and E1 DPU in a single platform, this next-gen design gives us the performance, flexibility, and openness needed to serve our customers’ future requirements. It not only moves beyond the limitations of any other product in the market but also unlocks entirely new possibilities – from advanced security processing to real-time analytics and service acceleration. This innovation ensures we can deliver solutions that are not just future-ready, but future-defining,” said Kim Rea, CTO, RedFig Networks.
“Cyber Forza is proud to advance the frontier of AI Cyber Defensive Operations with our Cloud-Integrated AI SEC OPS platform ported to the Interface Masters Technologies Tahoe 3828 EXA smart switch. Together with Xsight Labs and Interface Masters, we are delivering a comprehensive military-grade distributed firewall and AI cybersecurity operations platform. Neocloud, Cloud Service Providers, and enterprise customers are leveraging the unmatched resilience and unparalleled tokenized intelligence. The smart switch approach empowers organizations to move beyond traditional security models toward proactive defense, real-time adaptability, and seamless scalability in an AI-driven world. We are not just responding to the future of cyber threats – we are defining next gen AI security,” said Dr. Venkat Rayapati, CEO, Cyber Forza Inc.
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