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3538x May 2026

) is a high-performance, ultra-low-latency Ethernet switch designed primarily for High-Frequency Trading (HFT) and large-scale data center environments. It is part of the Nexus 3500 platform and is known for its proprietary technology, which minimizes latency to as low as 250 nanoseconds. Key Hardware Specifications

: Includes two 10/100/1000 management ports, one RS-232 serial console port, one USB port, and a 1-PPS timing port for precise synchronization. Algo Boost & Low Latency Features

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provides a dense 1RU form factor with high-speed port configurations:

: Allows for high-speed traffic monitoring with minimal impact on production traffic latency. : Features a switching capacity of 960 Gbps

: 48 fixed SFP+ ports supporting 1 or 10 Gbps Ethernet.

: Features a switching capacity of 960 Gbps and a forwarding rate of 720 million packets per second (mpps). ) is a high-performance

: Equipped with a 1.5-GHz dual-core Intel Gladden processor and 4 GB of ECC DDR3 memory.