Keysight Celebrates Double Wins at Interop Tokyo 2025

In a year marked by soaring AI model complexity and mounting pressure on data center performance, Keysight was recognized at Interop 2025 for delivering bold, practical solutions to today’s toughest infrastructure challenges. Keysight AI (KAI) Data Center Builder earned the Best of Show Grand Prize, while the Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 1600GE (INPT-1600GE) received the Special Award for breakthroughs in 1.6T Ethernet interconnect validation.

“We’re honored to receive two awards at Interop,” said Ram Periakaruppan, VP and GM of Network Test and Security Solutions at Keysight. “As AI workloads continue to evolve, the demand for optimized, scalable, and high-performance AI infrastructure has never been greater. These wins underscore our commitment to helping customers simplify validation and accelerate deployment while ensuring performance under real-world AI demands.”

Here's a brief look at how Keysight has demonstrated business value for customers this past year.

KAI Data Center Builder: Emulate Anything. Optimize Everything.

Today’s AI workloads are pushing traditional validation methods to the breaking point. Physical testing with GPUs is time-consuming, costly, and often misses critical system-wide issues until it’s too late.

KAI Data Center Builder is a game-changing solution for emulating terabit-scale AI workloads across the entire network — without requiring GPUs. It empowers network architects to:

• Accelerate deployment by validating earlier in the design process.
• Boost GPU utilization by fine-tuning network performance under realistic AI workloads.
• Reduce test cost by replacing expensive GPU clusters with software emulation.

“In today’s AI race, customers can’t afford surprises late in the network deployment process,” said Alex Bortok, Keysight’s lead product manager for AI data center solutions. “KAI Data Center Builder delivers system-level visibility into performance bottlenecks, enabling informed decision-making before investing in hardware. That’s a massive savings in both time and money.”

INPT-1600GE: Boost Network Reliability at 1.6T Ethernet Speeds

As data center networks scale to 1.6T Ethernet, system-level validation becomes critical, especially under high AI traffic workloads.

The Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 1600GE (INPT-1600GE) enables network architects to validate the performance and interoperability of silicon chips, interconnects, cables, optical transceivers, and networking equipment that use 212 Gb/s electrical lane interfaces across speeds from 200 to 1600GE. By integrating Layer 1–3 traffic emulation into a lightweight, portable, and office-quiet platform, it uncovers performance issues that traditional component-level tests often overlook.

“Validating 1.6T Ethernet in AI data centers is incredibly complex,” said Charles Seifert, Senior Product Manager of Platform Electronics and High-Speed Ethernet Solutions at Keysight. “You’re dealing with thousands of interconnects, diverse transceiver configurations, and ever-changing AI traffic patterns. INPT-1600GE, combined with our leading-edge Interconnect Test System (ITS) software, turns that complexity into a repeatable, testable environment.”

The solution empowers engineering teams to:

• Emulate real-world AI and machine learning workloads to reveal system-level bottlenecks.
• Ensure 212 Gb/s Ethernet reliability, performance, and interoperability across IEEE, OIF, and LPO-MSA standards.
• Automate validation workflows with intelligent data capture, storage, and analysis.

Accelerate Innovations with KAI Solutions 

“The future of AI infrastructure will be shaped by tight integration across compute, network, interconnect, and power domains,” Ram added. “Through our KAI portfolio, we’re enabling customers to build data centers that can scale with tomorrow’s AI needs. Interop’s recognition underscores the real-world impact we’re delivering and strengthens our commitment to advancing the intelligent infrastructure of tomorrow.” 

From leading network equipment and silicon manufacturers to global cloud providers, Keysight is a trusted partner in accelerating innovation and ensuring performance at scale. These awards affirm Keysight’s strategic role in enabling the next generation of AI infrastructure. 

Learn more about the KAI portfolio: 

Keysight AI (KAI) Data Center Builder

Interconnect and Network Performance Tester 1600GE (INPT-1600GE)

Keysight AI (KAI) Solutions