AMD Helios' TH6 switch design and its reported reliance on Broadcom

AMD said on September 24 that the second Helios episode was arriving that day, with testing up next. SemiAnalysis later said it offered a first public look at the TH6 scale-up switch design. The outlet argues that Helios relies on Broadcom for its scale-up switch and retimers, and says the retimers and flyover cables present manufacturing and signal-performance challenges, while the retimers add latency.