Arista Networks

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Layer 3: Infrastructure as Arista Networks

Arista Networks is a leading provider of cloud networking solutions, specializing in high-speed data center switches and routers that form the backbone of modern AI infrastructure. Their platforms support the massive east-west traffic patterns generated by distributed AI training and inference clusters.

Arista's Extensible Operating System (EOS) and CloudVision platform provide programmable, software-defined networking that can adapt to the demanding requirements of GPU clusters running AI workloads. Their 400G and 800G Ethernet solutions compete with InfiniBand for AI networking, offering an open-standards alternative.

As AI datacenters scale to tens of thousands of GPUs, Arista's networking fabric becomes critical infrastructure — the connective tissue that allows distributed training to function as a coherent system.

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