AWS reveals extensive in-house networking infrastructure controlling custom ASICs, optical transceivers, and NetOS (custom Linux OS) across approximately two million devices. Current-generation switches deliver 51.2 Tbps capacity; next-generation hardware will reach 102.4 Tbps within 12 months. Recent deployments include hollow core fiber for 30% latency reduction and high-precision timing networks for applications like high-frequency trading.
Infrastructure
Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear
AWS is engineering end-to-end custom networking hardware and software—from ASICs to kernel OS—to double bandwidth to 102.4 Tbps and slash latency 30%, betting that vertical integration of infrastructure is the next competitive moat.
Monday, May 4, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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