NVIDIA and Cisco Introduce Pluggable Optics Form Factor for AI Factories
NVIDIA and Cisco have introduced a new pluggable optics form factor designed to help scale AI factories, according to the title of an NVIDIA newsroom release dated 12 October 2026.
- NVIDIA and Cisco have introduced a new pluggable optics form factor.
- The stated aim is to scale AI factories.
- The NVIDIA release is dated 12 October 2026.
- The available source text gives no technical specifications, pricing or availability.
What the announcement says
The NVIDIA newsroom item is titled "NVIDIA and Cisco Introduce New Pluggable Optics Form Factor to Scale AI Factories". The title identifies the two companies, the technology category (pluggable optics) and the intended purpose (scaling AI factories).
The text available for this report contains only that title and a list of other NVIDIA headlines. It includes no technical specifications, performance figures, pricing, availability dates or statements from either company. Those details cannot be reported here and should be checked against the full release on the NVIDIA newsroom.
Other recent NVIDIA news
The same page lists several other recent NVIDIA announcements, giving some context for the company's activity in the weeks before the optics release:
- NVIDIA Commits $1 Billion to Advance US Science Over the Next Five Years (October 8, 2026)
- NVIDIA Announces a $150 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization Increase (September 28, 2026)
- NVIDIA Launches Open Agent Safety Platform to Secure Agents From Testing to Deployment (September 28, 2026)
- NVIDIA Expands Open Source CUDA-Q Platform for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing (September 14, 2026)
- NVIDIA and Palantir Bring Sovereign Intelligence to Critical Supply Chains (September 10, 2026)
What to watch
Based on the title alone, the release signals a joint effort between NVIDIA and Cisco on optical connectivity for AI infrastructure. How the new form factor works, which products will use it and when it will be available are open questions until the full announcement text is reviewed.
