New LaunchMay 5, 2026, 04:08 PM
Astera Labs Launches Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane AI Fabric Switch
AI Summary
Astera Labs, Inc. announced the launch of its Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane Smart Fabric Switch, the industry's largest open, memory-semantic fabric switch, which is now shipping. This new switch is engineered to improve token economics and support large-scale AI clusters with minimal latency. The company also expanded its Scorpio P-Series PCIe fabric switch family, now offering configurations from 32 to 320 lanes, providing flexibility for data center architects to scale compute capacity across diverse AI accelerators. These solutions are designed to address the demands of production AI at scale, with the Scorpio X-Series targeting a merchant scale-up switch silicon market projected to reach $20 billion by 2030.
Key Highlights
- Astera Labs launched the Scorpio X-Series 320 Lane AI fabric switch, shipping today.
- The Scorpio X-Series supports increased scale-up cluster sizes with low latency.
- Hardware-accelerated Hypercast and In-Network Compute engines boost collective operations by up to 2x.
- Expanded Scorpio P-Series PCIe fabric switch family now spans 32 to 320 lane configurations.
- Scorpio X-Series targets a merchant scale-up switch silicon market projected to reach $20 billion by 2030.
- Production ramp for the Scorpio X-Series is expected in 2H 2026.
- The products will be showcased at Computex 2026 from June 2-5.