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Neoclouds/AI Lab/SovAI 2048 400G per XPU Bandwidth NIC - 400G Emerging Neocloud Ethernet Cluster Configuration

CN-400G Generic-2L

Chinese Hyperscaler · 400G per XPU Bandwidth · NIC - 400G

Rack type
Cluster / location
Default 2-Layer Cluster
Buyer profile
China Cloud
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
2,048
NIC used
NIC - 400G
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
400G
XPU / server
8

Scale-up network

2 rows
Assigned blockDefault
400G per XPU Bandwidth
Scale-UpXPU: 400G per XPU Bandwidth2 linesshared by 2 SKUs

Scale-Up Parts Summary

2
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 3.0 (NVLink 4)1,0244.000.50
NVLink PCIe 5.0 x16 Retimer2,0488.001.00

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
400G per XPU Bandwidth - 400G NIC - 2L - ETH - TH4 - Generic
BackendXPU: 400G per XPU Bandwidth5 linesshared by 2 SKUs

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 400G SR42,0488.001.00
Generic 400G Multimode4,09616.002.00
Generic 800G SR83,07212.001.50
NIC - 400G2,0488.001.00
BlackBox Tomahawk 4 25.6T960.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
400G per XPU Bandwidth - BlackBox TH5 - Generic
FrontendXPU: 400G per XPU Bandwidth11 linesshared by 2 SKUs

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
BlackBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T2500.0120
BlackBox Tomahawk 3 12.8T000.0001
BlackBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T400.0018
BlackBox Tomahawk 1GbE Ethernet3000.0147
Generic 800G SR81,18950.5807
Generic 400G SR41,18350.5777
Generic 100G SR4 QSFP2852520.2563
Generic 800G Multimode1,62860.7947
Generic 400G Multimode800.0041
Generic 100G Multimode23410.1142
RJ45 Cables1,44360.7048

Compute Tray Networking Content

Assigned blockDefault
400G per XPU Bandwidth - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: 400G per XPU Bandwidth0 linesshared by 2 SKUs

Compute Tray Parts Summary

0
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
2026 share
Generic 400G SR4Σ 100%
%
Generic 400G MultimodeΣ 100%
%
Generic 800G SR8Σ 100%
%
BlackBox Tomahawk 4 25.6TΣ 100%
%
ItemUnit CostQuantityQuantity (per Server)Quantity (per XPU)Extended Price for ClusterExtended Price per ServerPower (W) per UnitExtended Power (W) per ClusterExtended Power (W) per ServerDevice TypeHyperscalerVendorManufacturerComponentSpeedSerDes SpeedProtocolTechnologyXPUNetworkTab Name
Per-server cost: $5,266.67
$1,200.001,0244.000.50$1,228,800.00$4,800.00407 W417,178 W1,630 WScale-Up SwitchChinese HyperscalerNvidiaDevice LevelNVLink400G per XPU BandwidthScale-UpCN-400G Generic-2L
$58.332,0488.001.00$119,466.67$466.679 W18,432 W72 WRetimerChinese HyperscalerAsteraAsteraL1 Abstraction400G per XPU BandwidthScale-UpCN-400G Generic-2L
Per-server cost: $24,790.00
$230.002,0488.001.00$471,040.00$1,840.009 W18,432 W72 WTransceiverChinese HyperscalerAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully Retimed400G per XPU BandwidthBackendCN-400G Generic-2L
$150.004,09616.002.00$614,400.00$2,400.000 W0 W0 WFiberChinese HyperscalerOthersDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthBackendCN-400G Generic-2L
$400.003,07212.001.50$1,228,800.00$4,800.0014 W43,008 W168 WTransceiverChinese HyperscalerAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully Retimed400G per XPU BandwidthBackendCN-400G Generic-2L
$750.002,0488.001.00$1,536,000.00$6,000.0075 W153,600 W600 WNICChinese HyperscalerOthersDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthBackendCN-400G Generic-2L
$26,000.00960.380.05$2,496,000.00$9,750.00850 W81,600 W319 WSwitchChinese HyperscalerAristaDevice Level224GEthernet400G per XPU BandwidthBackendCN-400G Generic-2L
Per-server cost: $7,469.81
$26,000.00250.100.01$639,187.30$2,496.831,200 W29,501 W115 WSwitchChinese HyperscalerAristaDevice Level224GEthernet400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$17,900.0000.000.00$1,818.41$7.10630 W64 W0 WSwitchChinese HyperscalerAristaDevice Level112GEthernet400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$12,500.0040.010.00$45,714.29$178.57250 W914 W4 WSwitchChinese HyperscalerAristaDevice Level112GEthernet400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$2,400.00300.120.01$72,167.62$281.90100 W3,007 W12 WSwitchChinese HyperscalerOthersDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$400.001,1894.650.58$475,713.02$1,858.2514 W16,650 W65 WTransceiverChinese HyperscalerAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully Retimed400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$230.001,1834.620.58$272,109.71$1,062.939 W10,648 W42 WTransceiverChinese HyperscalerAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully Retimed400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$49.505252.050.26$25,986.33$101.513 W1,575 W6 WTransceiverChinese HyperscalerAAOIDevice Level28GEthernetFully Retimed400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$210.001,6286.360.79$341,802.67$1,335.170 W0 W0 WFiberChinese HyperscalerOthersDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$150.0080.030.00$1,249.52$4.880 W0 W0 WFiberChinese HyperscalerOthersDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$150.002340.910.11$35,078.10$137.020 W0 W0 WFiberChinese HyperscalerCorningDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
$1.001,4435.640.70$1,443.35$5.640 W0 W0 WCableChinese HyperscalerAmphenolDevice Level400G per XPU BandwidthFrontendCN-400G Generic-2L
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$1,348,266.67$5,266.67435,610 W1,702 W
Total Backend$6,346,240.00$24,790.00296,640 W1,159 W
Total Frontend$1,912,270.32$7,469.8162,359 W244 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$9,606,776.98$37,526.47794,609 W3,104 W
By component
Total Transceivers$2,473,649.06$9,662.6990,313 W353 W
Total Switches$3,254,887.62$12,714.40115,086 W450 W
Total Fiber$992,530.29$3,877.070 W0 W
Total Cables$1,443.35$5.640 W0 W
Total Connectors
Total NICs$1,536,000.00$6,000.00153,600 W600 W