Intel: Re-Architecting the Data Center

Intel unveiled its plans to "re-architect the data center" with a new generation of 22nm Atom processors, future 14nm system-on-chip (SoC) products, smart storage options, new rack designs and virtualized network technologies. In a press event in San Francisco, Intel executives said the new data center infrastructure strategy arrives just in time to handle the massive growth of information technology services in the data center. These mega trends...

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Google Captures Increasing Share of Overall Internet Traffic

Over 62% of all Internet end devices/users exchange traffic with Google servers during the course of an average day, according to Deepfield, which offers tools for tracking the structure of network traffic.  The study uses anonymized data from core Internet infrastructure (i.e. backbone routers). Deerfield estimates that Google now accounts for 25% of all Internet traffic, up from 6% in 2010.  The company said its research also reveals...

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Samsung's Exynos5 Mobile Processor Packs 8 ARM Cores + 6 GPU Cores

Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its latest Exynos processor with top level of graphic performance driven by a six-core ARM Mali-T628 GPU and powered by four ARM Cortex-A15 processors at 1.8GHz with four additional Cortex-A7 cores at 1.3 GHz in a big.LITTLE processing implementation. Samsung said its new Exynos 5 Octa boosts 3D graphic processing capabilities  by 2X compared to its predecessor. It is able to perform General-Purpose computing...

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AT&T Delivers Audiovox Vehicle Diagnostics/Tracking

AT&T is partnering with Audiovox Electronics to provide a telematics and location-based service system to help consumers monitor, manage and maintain vehicle health and safety. The system is a do-it-yourself plug-in On-Board Diagnostic (OBDII) device that will work on all post 1996 model year vehicles.  The device will use an embedded HSPA wireless modem to send telematics and location data that can be accessed through a smartphone, tablet...

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ZTE's 1H2013 Revenue Falls 11.6%, Profit Rises 23.5%

ZTE's preliminary financial results indicate that revenue for the first half of 2013 was RMB 37.7 billion, a decrease of 11.6%.  The company cited lower demand for GSM and UMTS products in China, and lower sales of GSM handsets and data cards. ZTE achieved net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 302 million in the first half, a 23.5% increase compared with a year earlier. This continues the momentum in ZTE’s s operational review,...

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ZTE to Grant Stock Options to Employees

ZTE announced plans to award stock options to more than 1,500 employees in the company’s first stock-option incentive program since 2007. The company will award stock options for 103.2 million ZTE shares, equivalent to 3% of the company’s share capital, to 1,531 holders. The stock options will have a validity period of five years, comprising of a two-year waiting period, and a three-year exercise period. Those eligible for the program include ZTE...

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ADTRAN Supplies FTTP in Indonesia

Lintasarta has chosen ADTRAN's Total Access 5000 broadband platform as the backbone for its Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) service roll out. Lintasarta is Indonesia’s largest telecommunications provider focused solely on enterprise customers.  Financial terms were not disclosed. "The carrier-class capabilities of ADTRAN’s fiber solution enables service providers, like Lintasarta, to take the simplified, automated operations of a residential...

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