Stars Micro System unveils C82-4G PCIe 6.0 switch, 800G AI NIC and RAID chip

WuXi Stars Micro System Technologies launched three interconnect chips for AI servers: the C82-4G, billed as China's first PCIe 6.0 switch with up to 144 lanes at 64 GT/s, an 800G multi-protocol AI NIC with an integrated PCIe Gen6 switch, and a multi-mode RAID chip. The company claims ~100 ns latency and an eightfold IOPS gain; specs are unverified.

• C82-4G: up to 144 PCIe 6.0 lanes at 64 GT/s, PAM4 and FLIT, ~100 ns latency
• 800G NIC: integrated 48-lane PCIe Gen6 switch, RoCE v2 offload
• RAID chip supports SAS, SATA and PCIe 5.0, ~8x higher IOPS
• Partnerships signed with Tencent Cloud, Inspur, H3C, ZTE and Lenovo