Category: 5G

• Intel and partners announce high-performance SmartNICs that deliver programmable network acceleration for cloud data centers and communications infrastructure Intel has been a leader in Ethernet networking since the very beginnings of the IEEE 802 standard. The first Ethernet specification, Version 1.0, was published on September 30, 1980 – forty years ago. It was submitted as a candidate for the active IEEE project 802 local area network standardization effort. The original Ethernet specification document was called the “Blue Book”...
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• Nokia AirFrame Edge Server based on 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs and the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 suits edge and far-edge cloud RAN, MEC, and 5G deployments Nokia AirFrame open edge servers feature an ultra-small footprint so they fit well in many locations including existing base station facilities and far-edge sites. These compact servers are provisioned with a real-time, OPNFV compatible, OpenStack distribution that provides both low latency and high throughput for cloud RAN and other applications. The software runs atop integrated 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable...
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• ServeTheHome.com publishes in-depth, hands-on review of the Supermicro SYS-1019P-FHN2T SuperServer with an Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 ServeTheHome.com (STH), a Web site that bills itself as “the IT professional's guide to servers, storage, networking, and high-end workstation hardware,” recently published a hands-on review of  the Supermicro SuperServer SYS-1019P-FHN2T – a 1U edge server based on the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor with an integrated Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card (Intel® FPGA PAC) N3000 –  which can be used...
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• Analog Devices and Intel collaborate on O-RAN compliant 5G development platform, melding ADI’s RF and Intel® FPGA technologies Today, Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced that it is collaborating with Intel to create a flexible 5G radio platform. This new O-RAN compliant platform combines the advanced technologies of ADI’s RF transceivers with advanced digital front end (DFE) functionality and Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs to create a new set of design tools that address 5G network design and scaling challenges....
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• The iAbra PathWorks toolkit brings embedded AI inference, real-time video recognition to the edge with Intel® Arria® 10 FPGAs, Intel® Xeon® Gold CPUs, and Intel® Atom® processors It’s not always easy to get data to the cloud. Multi-stream computer vision applications, for example, are extremely data intensive and can overwhelm even 5G networks. A company named iAbra has created tools that build neural networks that run on FPGAs in real time, so that inference can be carried out at the edge in small, light, low-power embedded devices...
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• Arrow Electronics™ develops four complete RF reference platforms based on the Intel® Arria® 10 SoC FPGA and Analog Devices high-speed RF transceivers, ADCs, and DACs The JESD204B serial interface has become the interface standard of choice for high-speed analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADCs and DACs). Intel® FPGAs and Intel® SOC FPGAs are well suited to interface to these converters using this interface and Arrow Electronics™ has developed four JESD204B reference solutions using high-speed analog RF transceivers and converter modules based on Analog Devices RF transceivers,...
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• Ciena leverages Intel technology for flexibility and programmability to accelerate the adoption of O-RAN in 5G New Radio (NR) and Next-Generation LTE. Ciena recently announced three new xHaul (fronthaul, midhaul, and backhaul) routers – the multivendor interoperable Ciena 5164, 5166, and 5168 Routers – as described in a new Ciena blog written by Brian Lavallée, Senior Director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena. Mobile networks use the xHaul transport networks discussed in Lavallée’s blog to interconnect cell sites to each other, to the...
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• Supermicro’s new short-depth 2U Ultra SuperServer for 5G and NFV applications incorporates two 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and supports the Intel® FPGA PAC N3000 accelerator card Earlier this month, Supermicro announced a new, short-depth 2U Ultra SuperServer optimized to bring powerful industry-standard platforms to 5G and telecommunications environments. The new 2029U-MTNRV Ultra SuperServer supports two 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and the Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card N3000 (Intel FPGA PAC N3000), which can be used to accelerate 5G and network functions virtualization (NFV) workloads...
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• Open vSwitch for NFVi based on Intel® FPGA Programmable Acceleration Card (Intel FPGA PAC) N3000 achieves first-packet learning rate of 500K rules/sec, near-wireline performance As the numbers of subscribers, competitors, and technology advances grow, communications service providers (CoSPs) need to differentiate their products and services while keeping improved power efficiency and the need to control total cost of ownership (TCO) as ever-present goals. Intel and HCL have addressed these challenges with a joint solution that combines Intel® hardware and HCL software. HCL has created...
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• Hardware Acceleration and Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) help CoSPs Optimize and Simplify their Networks Communications service providers (CoSPs) are seeking ways to differentiate themselves and to enhance their customers’ experiences in the fast-evolving telecommunication (telco) market—all while keeping costs under control. Exponential traffic growth and constant pressure to add more services and subscribers can tax legacy infrastructure, forcing CoSPs to constantly optimize and simplify their networks. Many CoSPs have deployed network functions virtualization (NFV)...
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