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Amazon 131040 Trainium4 - UALink Nitro-v6 Hyperscaler EFA Cluster Configuration

AWS-Trn4 EFA-WB NL144

Amazon · Trainium4 · Nitro-v6

Rack type
UALink NL144
Cluster / location
Trainium4 - UALink
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
EFA
Number of XPUs
131,040
NIC used
Nitro-v6
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
800G
XPU / server
144

Scale-up network

6 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Trainium4 - UALink NL144
Scale-UpXPU: Trainium4 UALink NL1446 linesshared by 1 SKU

Scale-up Units are based on the scale-up world size (144 XPUs).

XPU World Size

2
WS
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
XPUs per Node·4···
Scale-Up World Size·144···

Switches

2
SW
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s uni-d
Lane Count#
Lane BWGbit/s uni-d
per SwitchAstera Labs UALink 57.6T Switch157,600288200
Scale-Up Switch TotalAstera Labs UALink 57.6T Switch724,147,200··

Connections & cabling

8
CN
Scale-Up Network LayerPart / Model
Units#
BW / LaneGbit/s uni-d
Unit DP#
DP / Lane#
Total DPs#
BW / ConnectorCable / Model
Cable Units#
Male ConnectorsPaladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)288200144241,47214,400Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsPaladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)288200144241,47214,400112Gb/s SkewClear EXD Cable41,472
Switch Total** Two Connectors per Switch········
Male ConnectorsPaladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)288200144241,47214,400Already Counted Below·
Female ConnectorsPaladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)288200144241,47214,400Already Counted Below·
XPU Total** Two Connectors per XPU········
·Generic PCIe Gen6 x16 (128Gb/s uni-di) 2-meter AEC144·······
·Teton4 Backplane Chassis2·······
Notes
  • Male Connectors · Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male) — 4 per Switch
  • Male Connectors · Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male) — 2 per GPU

PCIe Lane Math

PCIe Lane Math
18

PCIe lane accounting for the Trainium scale-up domain. Values behave like spreadsheet cells: type = to start a formula, then click other Value cells to link them (hard-coded values read blue, pure cell links read white).

SectionMetric
Value#
Note
·Lanes per Connector pair72·
·Total Lanes per Switch288·
·Redundant Lanes0·
·Switch Tray Paladin Units per Chip4·
·DP per Connector pair144·
·DP per Lane2·
·Lanes per Connector pair72·
·Backplane Lanes per Chip144·
·Spare Lanes0·
·XPU Strada Whisper Units per Chip2·
(a)Number of Chips144·
·AEC Lanes per Chip32·
·Lanes per AEC16·
·AEC Units per (a)144·
·Backplane Lanes64·
·AEC Lanes32·
·PCB Lanes64·
·Total Lanes per Trainium160·

Scale-Up Parts Summary

6
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Astera Labs UALink 57.6T Switch65,52072.000.50
Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Male)524,160576.004.00
Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 DP (Female)524,160576.004.00
112Gb/s SkewClear EXD Cable37,739,52041,472.00288.00
Generic PCIe Gen6 x16 (128Gb/s uni-di) 2-meter AEC131,040144.001.00
Teton4 Backplane Chassis1,8202.000.01

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
Trainium4 - UALink NL144 - Nitro - 3L - ETH - TH5 - AWS
BackendXPU: Trainium4 UALink NL1445 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Units are based on the cluster size (131,040 XPUs).

Switches

5
SW
 Network Layer
Switch and Server SpecAggregate Port UtilizationNetwork Bandwidth Aggregate
SwitchPart Name / Model
Units#
Unit BWGbit/s
Port BWGbit/s
Downlink Ports / SW#
Uplink Ports / SW#
Max Ports#
Downlink Ports#
Uplink Ports#
Total Ports#
Downlink BWTbit/s
Uplink BWTbit/s
OversubRatio
XPUs·131,04080010001,048,3201,048,32001,048,3201,048,3200104,832·
NICs per NodeNitro-v7 800G NIC4800100··8······
ToRWhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T4,09551,2004006464128262,080262,080524,160104,832104,8321
LeafWhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T4,09551,2004006464128262,080262,080524,160104,832104,8321
SpineWhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T2,047.551,2004001280128262,0800262,080104,8320·

Transceivers

8
CN
 Network Layer
Transceiver / CablePart Name / Model
Total Units#
Units per SW/GPU#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lanes#
BW per LaneGbit/s
Agg. BWTbit/s
GPU NodesNone - AECs are Used ->131,040131,0408004200104,832
CPU NodesNone - AECs are Used ->32,760·····
Leaf
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR8131,040328008100104,832
UplinkGeneric 800G DR8131,040#ERR800#ERR1000
Spine
DownlinkGeneric 800G DR8131,040#ERR800#ERR1000
Uplink·······
Core
Downlink·······
Uplink·······
Super-Core
ToR
DownlinkNone - AECs are Used ->131,040328008100104,832
UplinkGeneric 800G DR8131,040328008100104,832

Cables

8
CB
 Network Layer
Cable/ FiberType
Total Units#
Units per Transceiver#
Unit BWGbit/s
Lane Count#
SerDes BWGbit/s
GPU NodesGeneric 800G AEC131,04018008100
CPU Nodes······
Leaf
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 800G Single Mode131,04018008100
Spine
Downlink······
Uplink······
Core
Downlink······
Uplink······
Super-Core
ToR
DownlinkAlready counted above·····
UplinkGeneric 800G Single Mode131,04018008100

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 800G AEC131,040144.001.00
Nitro-v7 800G NIC131,040144.001.00
Generic 800G DR8524,160576.004.00
Generic 800G Single Mode262,080288.002.00
WhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T10,23811.250.08

Frontend network

No converged frontend + storage fabric data for this cluster.

Frontend Parts Summary

0
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU

Compute Tray Networking Content

3 rows

Networking components inside the compute tray — accelerators, board-to-board connectors, retimers, and their per-tray bandwidth.

Assigned blockDefault
Trainium4 - UALink NL144 - AWS
Compute TrayXPU: Trainium4 UALink NL1443 linesshared by 1 SKU
Tray layerPart / ModelUnits per Tray
Unit BWGb/s
Lanes
Lane BWGb/s
Per switch
XPUs per TrayTrainium4····4
To Front End CPU (PCIe 5.0)Astera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.0····2
To Front End CPU (PCIe 5.0)Aries PG6032 16L/32L Gearbox····2
·Aries PCIe 7.0 x16 Retimer····4

Compute Tray Parts Summary

3
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Astera Labs Scorpio-P 32-Lane PCIe Gen 6.0···
Aries PG6032 16L/32L Gearbox···
Aries PCIe 7.0 x16 Retimer···