Broadcom Switch Chipset Families
Broadcom Switch Chipset Families 1. Tomahawk Series — “The Bandwidth Beast” Focus: Maximum throughput, low latency, and high radix (port density). These are the “packet pushers” used in the Spine and Core of hyperscale data centers. Tomahawk 5 (TH5) The first to hit 51.2 Tbps. It introduced “Cognitive Routing” to handle the bursty nature of AI traffic and supports 64 ports of 800GbE. Tomahawk 6 (TH6) Hit production volume in March 2026. Doubles capacity to 102.4 Tbps on a single die. ...