By TradingView
Publication Date: 2026-10-14 18:02:00
Cisco Systems, the networking and security supplier CSCO, pursues a bigger role in AI networking through its USFP optics design with Nvidia, with shares at $115.52, up approximately 0.39% at 11.09am EST, on October 14. The investor question is simple: how quickly can that technology turn into orders? According to ServeTheHome, the proposal sits within a broader push across Cisco’s networking chips, switches and software. That expands the opportunity, but the announcement alone does not establish USFP sales.
The joint company release outlines 400-gigabit-per-second electrical lanes, with 16 full-duplex lanes initially planned and room for 32 or more later. Cisco and Nvidia claim four times the bandwidth density and roughly 1.3 times the power efficiency of modules using 200-gigabit lanes. The pitch: move more data through the same space while cutting energy use per bit. Those are design claims; commercial deployment still has to deliver.
The valuation leaves little room for an easy…
