Nvidia and Google Align on AI Data Center Transport Standard
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According to AI TIMES, Nvidia and Google have agreed to jointly support Falcon Transport in next-generation AI data centers to improve netwo…
According to AI TIMES, Nvidia and Google have agreed to jointly support Falcon Transport in next-generation AI data centers to improve network interoperability. Nvidia said on October 12 at the OCP Global Summit 2026 that it plans to apply the protocol to its ConnectX-10 SuperNIC and BlueField DPU. The core idea is to refine the transport method so that actual throughput, which falls because of congestion and packet loss in Ethernet-based AI workloads, can be improved. To that end, the plan is to implement functions in both hardware and software that split traffic across multiple paths, adjust transmission based on network conditions, and recover lost data. In particular, the article stressed that network equipment from different companies will be able to communicate using the same transport protocol while still preserving the existing RDMA programming model. It also noted that as AI clusters grow larger, competition is shifting from simple speed to maintaining performance under congestion and ensuring stable communication.
Perspective
The significance of this collaboration lies in the fact that AI infrastructure competition is expanding beyond compute hardware itself to the interconnects that link it all together. If congestion handling, recovery, and interoperability between devices become the factors that determine real performance even in the same Ethernet environment, data center design will place greater emphasis on consistent system-wide throughput than on the peak speed of any single piece of equipment. In the end, this trend suggests a direction that broadens options in large-scale deployments while reducing operational burden.
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