# Accton

> Accton Technology Corporation is a publicly traded Taiwanese networking company that designs, co-develops and manufactures the hardware underneath cloud, AI, telecom and enterprise networks. Its business spans ODM and JDM engineering, high-volume manufacturing, open-infrastructure systems and branded sales through subsidiary Edgecore Networks. The portfolio now runs from 400G and 800G switches, SmartNICs and carrier routers to optics, cooling, compute and turnkey enterprise-AI infrastructure, giving customers an alternative to vertically integrated networking vendors.

- **Founded:** 1988
- **Headquarters:** Hsinchu, Taiwan
- **Team size:** More than 7,400 global employees reported by the company in 2026.
- **Products:** Data center and AI fabric switches, Nexvec, Nous Controller, SmartNICs and AI appliances, Carrier access platforms
- **Notable:** Founded in 1988 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1995 under ticker 2345., Contributed the AS5712-54X, the first network switch design accepted by the Open Compute Project., Contributed industry-first open 100GbE switch designs to OCP in 2015 and an AI/ML-optimized 800G distributed fabric design in 2024.

## Products & services

- **Data center and AI fabric switches** — Open, high-density leaf, spine and distributed-fabric switches spanning 100G, 400G and 800G, with 102.4T platforms and 1.6T interconnects under development for hyperscale and AI workloads.
- **Nexvec** — A turnkey enterprise-AI infrastructure that combines disaggregated networking, composable compute and storage with lifecycle management from deployment through operations.
- **Nous Controller** — Centralized fabric management and orchestration for Nexvec, including front-end networks and GPU-connected endpoints such as SmartNICs.
- **SmartNICs and AI appliances** — Programmable network interface cards, AI training and inference cards, CXL switches and integrated appliances for accelerated computing.
- **Carrier access platforms** — Disaggregated 5G cell-site gateways, aggregation and core routers, vOLT systems, broadband gateways and carrier-class access switches.
- **Enterprise and wireless networking** — Campus Ethernet switches, Wi-Fi access infrastructure, SD-WAN and secure edge appliances sold directly through partners and under the Edgecore brand.
- **Optical interconnects** — Optical modules, linear pluggable optics, cables and emerging silicon-photonics and wavelength-switching technologies for links from within a rack to between facilities.
- **Liquid and immersion cooling** — Rack-level thermal systems, cold plates, cooling distribution components and immersion designs for high-density AI and data-center hardware.
- **ODM, JDM and manufacturing services** — Product architecture, mechanical and electrical design, software integration, certification, reliability validation, supply-chain management and high-volume manufacturing.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1988 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in 1995 under ticker 2345.
- Contributed the AS5712-54X, the first network switch design accepted by the Open Compute Project.
- Contributed industry-first open 100GbE switch designs to OCP in 2015 and an AI/ML-optimized 800G distributed fabric design in 2024.
- Reported more than 1,000 technology patents and over 7,400 global employees in 2026 company materials.
- Reached NT$248.32 billion in 2025 consolidated revenue, up about 124.9% year over year.
- Entered DIGITIMES’ ranking of the global top 20 electronics manufacturing services and ODM companies based on 2025 revenue.
- Reported that 51.2T switches and 800G optical interfaces moved into fast adoption during 2025.
- Was included in TIME’s World’s Best Companies list for a third consecutive year and Forbes’ World’s Best Employers list for a sixth consecutive year in 2025 sustainability reporting.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported unaudited June consolidated sales of about US$1.251 billion and first-half sales of about US$5.240 billion, up 51.12% and 59.87% year over year respectively.
- **2026-06** — Signed an exploratory memorandum with Synaptics, Gallopwave and HYTech around onboard edge AI, connectivity and navigation for autonomous UAVs.
- **2026-06** — Published an expanded all-in-one services position covering ODM, JDM, open infrastructure, certification, manufacturing and global supply-chain execution.
- **2026-04** — Joined NCHC, Chunghwa Telecom, NTT and other partners in a Taiwan-Japan demonstration of an IOWN all-photonics compute infrastructure.
- **2025-05** — Introduced Nexvec and its Nous controller as a turnkey, lifecycle-managed open infrastructure for enterprise AI.
- **2024-10** — Unveiled 800G AI/ML-optimized distributed disaggregated chassis designs based on Broadcom Jericho3-AI and Ramon3 silicon for contribution to OCP.

## Links

- Website: https://www.accton.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accton
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHQiovR5eWIHVXO6ad4m5g
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accton_tech/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accton/

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Last updated: 2026-08-10