Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems is a major in the AI & Data Center segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in United States. Its key suppliers include Lumentum Holdings, Coherent, Ayar Labs. Its key customers include Microsoft.

Networking giant supplying AI data-center switching and silicon.

Ticker
NASDAQ: CSCO
Headquarters
United States
Revenue
$56.7B (FY2025) · +5.3% YoY
Net income
$10.2B
Operating margin
20.8%
Market position
major
Value-chain segment
Networking & Systems
Key products
Nexus data-center switches, Catalyst LAN switches, Silicon One networking ASIC, Webex collaboration platform, Cisco Secure firewall/security

About Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, headquartered in United States, operates in the Networking & Systems segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include Nexus data-center switches, Catalyst LAN switches, Silicon One networking ASIC, Webex collaboration platform, Cisco Secure firewall/security. wafergraph maps 22 tracked suppliers and 1 tracked customer for Cisco Systems across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 7/100, with 17 companies downstream of it.

Role in the chain

Cisco Systems is a market major in AI & Data Center (Networking & Systems), headquartered in United States. Networking giant supplying AI data-center switching and silicon.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 22 tracked suppliers for Cisco Systems. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. 4 of Cisco Systems's tracked suppliers are a monopoly or leader (including Accton Technology Corporation, Broadcom, Hamamatsu Photonics, InnoLight Technology). Which of those are actually single-source for the process step you care about?
  3. The dataset names 1 tracked customer for Cisco Systems. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
  4. Cisco Systems is headquartered in United States. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  5. Cisco Systems trades as NASDAQ:CSCO. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  6. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for Cisco Systems

Key products

  • Nexus data-center switches
  • Catalyst LAN switches
  • Silicon One networking ASIC
  • Webex collaboration platform
  • Cisco Secure firewall/security

Suppliers

Customers

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Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “Cisco Systems — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/cisco (data as of 2026-09-05).

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