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title: Merchant Silicon Networking Chips
url: https://www.broadcom.com/info/switching/merchant-silicon
description: Find out more about Broadcom's extensive portfolio of merchant silicon networking chips, optimized for every part of your network.
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# Merchant Silicon Networking Chips

## Purpose-built, end-to-end portfolio of switching chips

[Read the buyer's guide](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/buyers-guide-networking-chips)

## 51.2 Tb/s Tomahawk 5 is here

Broadcom announces the Tomahawk 5 / BCM78900 series of 51.2 Tb/s devices designed for next-generation data center and cloud computing environments.  Tomahawk 5 doubles the bandwidth of any other silicon available on the market and includes features to accelerate AI/ML workloads.  With its new Cognitive Routing capabilities, the industry's most flexible 100G PAM4 SerDes, and the best energy efficiency of any data center switch, Tomahawk 5 enables the highest performance networks for AI/ML clusters as well as general-purpose compute and storage.

- [Tomahawk 5 / BCM78900 Series](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching/strataxgs/bcm78900-series)
- [Broadcom Ships Tomahawk 5, Industry's Highest Bandwidth Switch Chip to Accelerate AI/ML Workloads](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/product-releases/60456)

## Optimized solutions for every part of your network

![Optimized Solutions](https://www.broadcom.com/media/blt4ac44e0e6c6d8341/blt894ce5aed55ef350/60b8ddb3b3e6cd152d820fc5/_www_csg-networking-diagram_2.png)

- [View More About DNX](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching/stratadnx)
- [View More on Trident and Tomahawk](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching/strataxgs)

## Videos

- [Broadcom’s Trident 4C: Industry’s Fastest Security- Enabled Switch ASIC (27 min 45 sec)](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328984220112)

- [Broadcom Tomahawk 5: Powering the World’s Highest Performance AI/ML Clusters (21 min 54 sec)](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328984122112)

- [Reducing Job Completion Time in AI/ML Clusters with Broadcom DNX (34 min 03 sec)](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328982969112)

- [Broadcom Tomahawk 5: World’s Fastest Switch Chip at 51.2Tbps (27 min)](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328984027112)

## Learn More

- [Connecting the Edge: Empowering the AI-Agent Era](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/ai-infrastructure/connecting-the-edge-empowering-the-ai-agent-era)
- [Enabling AI Networking @ Scale with  Multi-path Reliable Connections (MRC)](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/ai-infrastructure/enabling-ai-networking-scale-with-multi-path-reliable-connections-mrc)
- [Tomahawk® 5: Revolutionizing Power Efficiency for AI Infrastructure](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/innovation/tomahawk-5-revolutionizing-power-efficiency-for-ai-infrastructure)
- [Broadcom Power Efficiency Innovations Shine at DesignCon26](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/innovation/broadcom-power-efficiency-innovations-shine-at-designcon26)
- [Solving AI Workload Bottlenecks with Congestion-Aware Sprayed Traffic (CAST)](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/innovation/solving-ai-workload-bottlenecks-with-congestion-aware-sprayed-traffic-cast)
- [2025 OCP Global Summit: Broadcom Advances Industry Support for Ethernet for AI Networking ](https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/articles/ai-infrastructure/2025-ocp-global-summit-broadcom-advances-industry-support-for-ethernet-for-ai-networking)

## Resources

### Specification

- [Scale Up Ethernet Framework](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/scale-up-ethernet-framework)

### Networking Overview

- [J.P. Morgan 19th Annual Tech/Auto Forum](https://investors.broadcom.com/static-files/c5414657-07e3-423f-afec-315135a9cb53)

### Buyer’s Guide

- [Networking Chips Buyer's Guide](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/buyers-guide-networking-chips)

[Broadcom’s Trident 4C: Industry’s Fastest Security- Enabled Switch ASIC (27 min 45 sec)](https://players.brightcove.net/6415665063001/Vh8ALpkmx_default/index.html?videoId=6328984220112)

## Also of Interest

- [Ethernet Switches and Switch Fabric Devices](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching)
- [BCM78900 51.2 Tb/s StrataXGS® Tomahawk® 5...](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching/strataxgs/bcm78900-series)
- [Ethernet Switch Chip Networking for AI AI...](https://www.broadcom.com/products/ethernet-connectivity/switching/strataxgs/bcm78910-series)