Broadcom’s Jericho4 ASICs just opened the door to multi-datacenter AI training

Forget building massive super clusters. Cobble them together from existing datacenters instead
Broadcom on Monday unveiled a new switch which could allow AI model developers to train models on GPUs spread across multiple datacenters up to 100 kilometers apart. The switch could help pave the way for an alternative to the massive facilities currently being built to power the AI boom, allowing companies to stitch together distant and less power-hungry datacenters.…