{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"167907","rtpr_id":"nBw1vJ4VVa-20261013","ticker":"KEYS","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["KEYS"],"title":"Keysight Expands 1.6T Ethernet Validation Across Edge Routing, High-Density Switching, and AI Workload Emulation","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-13T15:00:00.387Z","article_body":"Keysight Expands 1.6T Ethernet Validation Across Edge Routing, High-Density\nSwitching, and AI Workload Emulation\n\nNew platforms help accelerate performance validation for AI and data center\ninfrastructure under realistic conditions before production or deployment\n\nKeysight Technologies, Inc.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=Keysight+Technologies%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=3a1268d4c598d9ed14e2d60e5094c6e0)\n(NYSE: KEYS) today announced two new 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, Switch and\nEdge Router Tester (SERT) 1600GE and AresONE Plus 1600GE, designed to help\ncustomers validate next-generation AI data center and hyperscale networking\ninfrastructure. AresONE Plus 1600GE sets a new benchmark by delivering eight\n1.6T Ethernet ports in a single 2U appliance while providing stateful,\nrealistic AI workload generation with mix-of-experts emulation.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/)\n\nKeysight’s SERT 1600GE enables 1.6T Ethernet validation for data center\nswitches and edge routers.\n\nSERT 1600GE targets data center switch fabric and edge router validation,\nwhile AresONE Plus 1600GE adds AI workload emulation and high-density switch\nfabric testing. The combined platforms provide a consistent test foundation\nfor device qualification, routing, and AI fabric validation. They also enable\nperformance, interoperability, and control-plane evaluation as networks scale.\n\nKey capabilities include:\n\n\n * AresONE Plus 1600GE for testing high-density switching: Packs eight OSFP1600\nports into a single 2U chassis, delivering 12.8T of line-rate traffic at 64\nbytes. It supports 1600GE PAM4 signaling over 224G SerDes with backward\ncompatibility to 112G, plus flexible port breakout of 1x1600GE, 2x800GE,\n4x400GE, or 8x200GE.\n\n * SERT 1600GE for switch and edge router validation: Available in eight-port 2U\nconfiguration for switch fabric scale testing. In common with the AresONE Plus\n1600GE platform, it is capable of being time synchronized using Precision Time\nProtocol (PTP), for larger topologies, offering flexibility to scale test\nenvironments as network configurations grow.\n\n * Protocol and control-plane validation: Both platforms support Border Gateway\nProtocol (BGP), Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN),\nand SONiC validation across routing, bridging, and access use cases. AresONE\nPlus 1600GE also provides core routing scale for control-plane testing.\n\n * AI workload emulation: AresONE Plus 1600GE integrates with Keysight AI Data\nCenter Builder software for mix-of-experts emulation, RoCEv2, Priority Flow\nControl (PFC), Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), and Ultra Ethernet\nConsortium (UEC) support. These capabilities let customers exercise both\nnetwork protocols and AI traffic behavior in the same validation environment\nto identify performance and congestion issues before deployment.\n\n * Optics and test flexibility: Both platforms support DAC, ACC, AEC, AOC, and\ncoherent optics in both IHS and RHS form factors. AresONE Plus 1600GE can\ndynamically switch between an eight-port mode for data center switch\nqualification and a four-port mode for AI benchmarking on the same chassis,\nhelping teams use one appliance across multiple test scenarios and gain more\nvalue from their test infrastructure.\n\nNVIDIA Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switch is setting the foundation for\nnext-generation AI Ethernet fabrics with unprecedented bandwidth, scale, and\nAI-optimized networking. Through collaboration with NVIDIA, Keysight AresONE\nPlus 1600GE provides the high-performance validation platform needed to stress\nthese capabilities with 1.6T/800GE traffic throughput, 224G SerDes,\nrouting-scale validation, and realistic AI workload emulation, enabling\nrigorous performance and congestion testing before deployment.\n\nGilad Shainer, Senior Vice President of Networking, NVIDIA, said: “AI\nfactories require an Ethernet fabric designed for accelerated computing, and\nNVIDIA Spectrum-X provides the performance, predictability and control needed\nto keep large-scale AI workloads running efficiently. Keysight’s validation\ncapabilities help engineering teams emulate realistic AI traffic and test\nSpectrum-X-based fabrics before deployment, reducing time to market.”\n\nRam Periakaruppan, Vice President and General Manager, Network Test &\nSecurity Solutions, Keysight, said: “The AI era breaks the rules for\nhyperscale infrastructure. We have moved beyond fault-tolerant commodity\nscaling to highly synchronized, specialized AI clusters where every packet,\nlink, node, and nanosecond counts. As engineering teams and operators race to\nupgrade AI infrastructure to 1.6T Ethernet, they need to emulate the broader\nAI system throughout the development process—from early design and device\nqualification to system-level validation and AI rack deployment. These new\nplatforms give our customers the flexibility to test at scale while using the\nsame test foundation across the entire design-to-deployment continuum.”\n\nKeysight is showcasing the new platforms at Open Compute Project (OCP) Global\nSummit booth #C83 in San Jose Convention Center, October 12-15.\n\nResources\n\n\n * Product Page: \nSERT 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fhardware-accelerators-for-protocol-and-load-test%2Fswitch-and-edge-router-tester.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=SERT+1600GE&index=2&md5=9710f76ce77f5390dd4524003873f966)\n\n * Data Sheet: \nSERT 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fassets%2F3126-1787%2Fdata-sheets%2FSERT-1600GE-High-Density-1.6T-Test-system.pdf&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=SERT+1600GE&index=3&md5=fd5d7db3d9cadd4a1f088abe696485a5)\n\n * Product Page: \nAresONE Plus 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fhardware-accelerators-for-protocol-and-load-test%2Faresone-1600ge.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=AresONE+Plus+1600GE&index=4&md5=b863ce29839aeae45d84434793460540)\n\n * Data Sheet: \nAresONE Plus 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fassets%2F3126-1786%2Fdata-sheets%2FAresoneplus-1600GE-High-Density-1.6t-AI-Test-System.pdf&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=AresONE+Plus+1600GE&index=5&md5=16815da3692edc138137b7b0d0b6b1ad)\n\n * Product Page: \nKeysight AI Data Center Builder\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fprotocol-and-load-test-l2-3-emulation-software%2Fkai-data-center-builder.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=Keysight+AI+Data+Center+Builder&index=6&md5=394380c6c033e95344effce12dd3aff5)\n\nAbout Keysight Technologies\n\nKeysight (NYSE: KEYS) serves technology innovators as a mission-critical\ndesign enablement partner for the world’s most complex engineering\nchallenges. By connecting market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions\nacross the full life cycle, Keysight helps engineering teams accelerate\ninnovation, reduce risk, and bring new technologies to market faster.\nCustomers across AI infrastructure, communications, industrial automation,\naerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics rely\non Keysight to bridge virtual design and physical reality, enabling confident\ndecisions earlier. Learn more at www.keysight.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2F&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=www.keysight.com&index=7&md5=8cdc7a80929262fd9ddff217ee3222af)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/)\n\nKeysight Media Contacts\n\nMark Price\n\nAmericas\n\nmark.price@keysight.com (mailto:mark.price@keysight.com)\n\nFusako Dohi\n\nAsia\n\nfusako_dohi@keysight.com (mailto:fusako_dohi@keysight.com)\n\nJenny Gallacher\n\nEurope\n\njenny.gallacher@keysight.com (mailto:jenny.gallacher@keysight.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw1vJ4VVa-20261013","title":"Keysight Expands 1.6T Ethernet Validation Across Edge Routing, High-Density Switching, and AI Workload Emulation","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"KEYS","created":"2026-10-13T15:00:00.387Z","tickers":["KEYS"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Keysight Expands 1.6T Ethernet Validation Across Edge Routing, High-Density\nSwitching, and AI Workload Emulation\n\nNew platforms help accelerate performance validation for AI and data center\ninfrastructure under realistic conditions before production or deployment\n\nKeysight Technologies, Inc.\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=Keysight+Technologies%2C+Inc.&index=1&md5=3a1268d4c598d9ed14e2d60e5094c6e0)\n(NYSE: KEYS) today announced two new 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, Switch and\nEdge Router Tester (SERT) 1600GE and AresONE Plus 1600GE, designed to help\ncustomers validate next-generation AI data center and hyperscale networking\ninfrastructure. AresONE Plus 1600GE sets a new benchmark by delivering eight\n1.6T Ethernet ports in a single 2U appliance while providing stateful,\nrealistic AI workload generation with mix-of-experts emulation.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/)\n\nKeysight’s SERT 1600GE enables 1.6T Ethernet validation for data center\nswitches and edge routers.\n\nSERT 1600GE targets data center switch fabric and edge router validation,\nwhile AresONE Plus 1600GE adds AI workload emulation and high-density switch\nfabric testing. The combined platforms provide a consistent test foundation\nfor device qualification, routing, and AI fabric validation. They also enable\nperformance, interoperability, and control-plane evaluation as networks scale.\n\nKey capabilities include:\n\n\n * AresONE Plus 1600GE for testing high-density switching: Packs eight OSFP1600\nports into a single 2U chassis, delivering 12.8T of line-rate traffic at 64\nbytes. It supports 1600GE PAM4 signaling over 224G SerDes with backward\ncompatibility to 112G, plus flexible port breakout of 1x1600GE, 2x800GE,\n4x400GE, or 8x200GE.\n\n * SERT 1600GE for switch and edge router validation: Available in eight-port 2U\nconfiguration for switch fabric scale testing. In common with the AresONE Plus\n1600GE platform, it is capable of being time synchronized using Precision Time\nProtocol (PTP), for larger topologies, offering flexibility to scale test\nenvironments as network configurations grow.\n\n * Protocol and control-plane validation: Both platforms support Border Gateway\nProtocol (BGP), Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN),\nand SONiC validation across routing, bridging, and access use cases. AresONE\nPlus 1600GE also provides core routing scale for control-plane testing.\n\n * AI workload emulation: AresONE Plus 1600GE integrates with Keysight AI Data\nCenter Builder software for mix-of-experts emulation, RoCEv2, Priority Flow\nControl (PFC), Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), and Ultra Ethernet\nConsortium (UEC) support. These capabilities let customers exercise both\nnetwork protocols and AI traffic behavior in the same validation environment\nto identify performance and congestion issues before deployment.\n\n * Optics and test flexibility: Both platforms support DAC, ACC, AEC, AOC, and\ncoherent optics in both IHS and RHS form factors. AresONE Plus 1600GE can\ndynamically switch between an eight-port mode for data center switch\nqualification and a four-port mode for AI benchmarking on the same chassis,\nhelping teams use one appliance across multiple test scenarios and gain more\nvalue from their test infrastructure.\n\nNVIDIA Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switch is setting the foundation for\nnext-generation AI Ethernet fabrics with unprecedented bandwidth, scale, and\nAI-optimized networking. Through collaboration with NVIDIA, Keysight AresONE\nPlus 1600GE provides the high-performance validation platform needed to stress\nthese capabilities with 1.6T/800GE traffic throughput, 224G SerDes,\nrouting-scale validation, and realistic AI workload emulation, enabling\nrigorous performance and congestion testing before deployment.\n\nGilad Shainer, Senior Vice President of Networking, NVIDIA, said: “AI\nfactories require an Ethernet fabric designed for accelerated computing, and\nNVIDIA Spectrum-X provides the performance, predictability and control needed\nto keep large-scale AI workloads running efficiently. Keysight’s validation\ncapabilities help engineering teams emulate realistic AI traffic and test\nSpectrum-X-based fabrics before deployment, reducing time to market.”\n\nRam Periakaruppan, Vice President and General Manager, Network Test &\nSecurity Solutions, Keysight, said: “The AI era breaks the rules for\nhyperscale infrastructure. We have moved beyond fault-tolerant commodity\nscaling to highly synchronized, specialized AI clusters where every packet,\nlink, node, and nanosecond counts. As engineering teams and operators race to\nupgrade AI infrastructure to 1.6T Ethernet, they need to emulate the broader\nAI system throughout the development process—from early design and device\nqualification to system-level validation and AI rack deployment. These new\nplatforms give our customers the flexibility to test at scale while using the\nsame test foundation across the entire design-to-deployment continuum.”\n\nKeysight is showcasing the new platforms at Open Compute Project (OCP) Global\nSummit booth #C83 in San Jose Convention Center, October 12-15.\n\nResources\n\n\n * Product Page: \nSERT 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fhardware-accelerators-for-protocol-and-load-test%2Fswitch-and-edge-router-tester.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=SERT+1600GE&index=2&md5=9710f76ce77f5390dd4524003873f966)\n\n * Data Sheet: \nSERT 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fassets%2F3126-1787%2Fdata-sheets%2FSERT-1600GE-High-Density-1.6T-Test-system.pdf&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=SERT+1600GE&index=3&md5=fd5d7db3d9cadd4a1f088abe696485a5)\n\n * Product Page: \nAresONE Plus 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fhardware-accelerators-for-protocol-and-load-test%2Faresone-1600ge.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=AresONE+Plus+1600GE&index=4&md5=b863ce29839aeae45d84434793460540)\n\n * Data Sheet: \nAresONE Plus 1600GE\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fassets%2F3126-1786%2Fdata-sheets%2FAresoneplus-1600GE-High-Density-1.6t-AI-Test-System.pdf&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=AresONE+Plus+1600GE&index=5&md5=16815da3692edc138137b7b0d0b6b1ad)\n\n * Product Page: \nKeysight AI Data Center Builder\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Fethernet-traffic-emulation%2Fprotocol-and-load-test-l2-3-emulation-software%2Fkai-data-center-builder.html&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=Keysight+AI+Data+Center+Builder&index=6&md5=394380c6c033e95344effce12dd3aff5)\n\nAbout Keysight Technologies\n\nKeysight (NYSE: KEYS) serves technology innovators as a mission-critical\ndesign enablement partner for the world’s most complex engineering\nchallenges. By connecting market-leading design, emulation, and test solutions\nacross the full life cycle, Keysight helps engineering teams accelerate\ninnovation, reduce risk, and bring new technologies to market faster.\nCustomers across AI infrastructure, communications, industrial automation,\naerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and general electronics rely\non Keysight to bridge virtual design and physical reality, enabling confident\ndecisions earlier. Learn more at www.keysight.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keysight.com%2F&esheet=54620981&newsitemid=20261013556282&lan=en-US&anchor=www.keysight.com&index=7&md5=8cdc7a80929262fd9ddff217ee3222af)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/)\n\nKeysight Media Contacts\n\nMark Price\n\nAmericas\n\nmark.price@keysight.com (mailto:mark.price@keysight.com)\n\nFusako Dohi\n\nAsia\n\nfusako_dohi@keysight.com (mailto:fusako_dohi@keysight.com)\n\nJenny Gallacher\n\nEurope\n\njenny.gallacher@keysight.com (mailto:jenny.gallacher@keysight.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-13T15:00:00.427169351Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791903600427},"received_at":"2026-10-13T15:00:00.477Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261013556282/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"156188","press_release_id":"167907","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"Keysight launched two new 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, SERT 1600GE and AresONE Plus 1600GE, for validating AI data center and hyperscale networking infrastructure.\n\nAresONE Plus 1600GE delivers eight 1.6T Ethernet ports in a 2U chassis with 12.8T line-rate traffic and AI workload emulation, and integrates with Keysight AI Data Center Builder for mix-of-experts emulation.\n\nThe launch includes collaboration with NVIDIA to validate Spectrum-X-based AI Ethernet fabrics, reinforcing Keysight's positioning in AI infrastructure test.\n\nNo financial terms were disclosed; the platforms are being showcased at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, October 12-15.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Keysight deepens its AI test moat with 1.6T Ethernet validation platforms and an NVIDIA collaboration."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"form_factor":"2U","line_rate_traffic":"12.8T at 64 bytes","ports_per_chassis":8}},"quotedText":"The AI era breaks the rules for hyperscale infrastructure.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Gilad Shainer","role":"Senior Vice President of Networking, NVIDIA"},{"name":"Ram Periakaruppan","role":"Vice President and General Manager, Network Test & Security Solutions, Keysight"}],"products":["SERT 1600GE","AresONE Plus 1600GE","Keysight AI Data Center Builder","NVIDIA Spectrum-X/Spectrum-6 Ethernet Switch"],"companies":[{"name":"Keysight Technologies, Inc.","ticker":"KEYS","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"NVIDIA","relationship":"partner"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine but strategically relevant product launch of two 1.6T Ethernet test platforms, including a collaboration with NVIDIA. 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