GSMA Offers Advice for Europe to Recapture Mobile Edge

The GSMA published a list of seven policy recommendations for Europe to regain a leading position in mobile. “For Europe to catch up in 4G and become a leader in 5G, a fundamental change in approach to telecoms policy is required,” said John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA. “We have identified seven critical areas for action that, taken together, can propel Europe to the forefront of the global digital economy and deliver the next wave of...

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IEEE 802.3 Projects Extend Ethernet

Two new IEEE 802.3 projects are set to begin: The IEEE P802.3cc project will complete the 25 Gb/s Ethernet family of physical layer specifications (PHYs)   The IEEE P802.3cd project will enable 50 Gb/s Ethernet for next generation server speed and next generation campus cores as well responding to the industry desire to lower costs for next generation 100 Gb/s Ethernet solutions.  In addition, the IEEE P802.3bs 400 Gb/s Ethernet project...

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KDDI to Use Intelsat EpicNG for Rio Games

KDDI plans to use Intelsat EpicNG satellite for video contribution and backhaul services at the upcoming Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Specifically, KDDI will use Intelsat 29e at 310˚ East to support regional video contribution for a Tier 1 global media customer from local sports venues to the International Broadcast Center in Rio de Janeiro. http://www.intelsat.co...

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Taiwan's COMPUTEX 2016 Brings New Focus to IoT

Taiwan's annual COMPUTEX tradeshow for information technologies opened in Taipei with a big push for IoT solutions. More than 160 exhibitors are displaying the newest in IoT and smart tech applications with emphases on home and entertainment, smart security control, smart car and automotive electronics, wearables and 3D printing. Qualcomm introduced its latest Snapdragon Wear 1100 processor featuring integrated 4G LTE and its IZat location technology....

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Qualcomm Samples G.fast Chipsets for Korea and Japan

Qualcomm has begun sampling new GigaDSL chipsets to help broadband operators to transition deployments from VDSL to Gigabit access technologies, especially in Korea and Japan. The company said its new QCO5700 for multiple dwelling units (MDU) and the QCM5720 for customer premises equipment (CPE) can provide up to 1 Gbps broadband over existing telephone lines – while maintaining interoperability with carriers’ existing modems and seamless coexistence...

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Qualcomm Launches Tri-Radio 802.11ac Chipsets

Qualcomm launched a new family of tri-radio 802.11ac chipsets for home Wi-Fi routers and repeaters with advanced Wi-Fi capabilities such as Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) and Qualcomm Wi-Fi SON (Self-Organizing Networks) technology. The three new radio solutions combine two 5 GHz radios and a 2.4GHz radio to provide greater flexibility in the way that routers or repeaters use wireless spectrum and capacity. The rollout includes two new tri-radio platforms...

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Intel's Latest Xeons Adds Graphics Processing

Intel introduced its new Xeon processor E3-1500 v5 family for accelerating video and graphic-intensive applications. The new chips combine the performance of Intel Xeon processors with Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580, Intel’s most advanced graphics processor. The  Xeon processor E3-1500 v5 family is based on Intel's Skylake microarchitecture and its 14nm transistor technology. Intel said the design idea for the Xeon processor E3-1500 v5 is...

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Innovium Announces Investors and $50M Raised to Date

Innovium, a pre-launch start-up based in San Jose, announced that it has raised over $50 million in funding across two oversubscribed rounds. Innovium is developing networking infrastructure products for next-generation data centers. Product plans have not been disclosed. Innovium's Series A funding in the first quarter of 2015 was led by venture capital firms Walden Riverwood Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group, with participation from S-Cubed...

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Intel to Acquire Itseez for Computer Vision

Intel agreed to acquire Itseez Inc., a privately-held developer of Computer Vision (CV) algorithms. Financial terms were not disclosed. Itseez is based in Russia. Itseez's Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are used in a number of autonomous driving systems, providing functionality such as lane departure warning, traffic sign detection, forward collision warning and pedestrian detection. Itseez is also a key contributor to computer vision...

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Intel's New Core i7 Extreme Edition Boasts 10 Cores

Intel introduced its most powerful desktop processor yet -- the Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition will offer up to 10 cores and 20 threads for handling multiple compute intensive applications. The chip features Intel's Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, which steers applications to the highest-performing core.  It offers 40 PCIe lanes connected directly into the CPU for SSDs, multiple discrete GFX cards and Thunderbolt 3 technology. It...

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Samsung Ships 512 GB NVMe SSD

Samsung Electronics has begun mass producing the industry’s first NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD) in a single ball grid array (BGA) package, for use in next-generation PCs and ultra-slim notebook PCs. The package that contains all essential SSD components including NAND flash memory, DRAM and controller.  The new SSD is 20mm x 16mm x 1.5mm and weighs only about one gram (an American dime by comparison weighs 2.3 grams). The single-package...

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