Cisco presents Silicon One engine of "Internet for the Future"

by James E. Carroll Cisco unveiled its next generation architecture - its foundation for building a new Internet, by combining silicon, optics, and software. At its "Internet for the Future" event in San Francisco, the company also unveiled new carrier-class routers and discussed an expanded sales strategy that will allow hyperscale web companies and other customers to purchase silicon and optical components directly. Cisco Silicon One is the new...

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Unpacking Cisco's Internet for the Future

Jonathan Davidson gives his take on Cisco's Internet for the Future event. Headlining the announcements is a Cisco Silicon One, its foundation for a new portfolio of carrier-class routers as well as future products. https://youtu.be/FTF8RjvUTL...

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Hyperscalers and Service Providers on Cisco's Future of the Internet

Cisco's Future of the Internet event in San Francisco featured a panel discussion with Comcast's Noam Raffaeli, AT&T's Chris Rice, Facebook's Dan Raniovitsj, and Microsoft's Yousef Kalidi. Jonathan Davidson, SVP and General Manager of Cisco's Service Provider group, provides some key takeaways. https://youtu.be/trYofSMF...

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The design philosophy of Cisco Silicon One

About 5 years ago, Cisco set out to design a new silicon architecture, one which could serve multiple markets and scale over time. Eyal Dagan, SVP Silicon, Cisco, shares his views on the design philosophy of Cisco Silicon One. It was a clean sheet approach. A key question -- is it possible to create a routing chip with the efficiency of switching silicon? https://youtu.be/P5QwOKaxRtI ...

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The 400G-ZR Transition

400G-ZR is going to shift network architectures, says Bill Gartner, SVP/GM of Cisco's Optical Systems and Optics Group. Many customers will continue to deploy chassis solutions, but others will choose pluggables in a router for coherent transmission. Cisco is also discussing the changing consumption models for network silicon and optics as some customers seek fully disaggregated solutions. https://youtu.be/RrKqRv8-...

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Broadcom ships its 25.6 Tbps Tomahawk 4

Broadcom has begun commercial shipments of its 25.6 Tbps StrataXGS Tomahawk 4 Ethernet switching silicon -- representing double the bandwidth of any other switch silicon currently on the market. The 25.6 Tbps capacity enables port densities of up to 64 × 400GbE, 128 × 200GbE, 256 × 100GbE, 256 × 40GbE, 256 × 25GbE, or 256 × 10GbE ports. Tomahawk 4, which is implemented in 7nm technology with 512 50G PAM4 SerDes, arrives less than two years after...

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Windstream signs its largest wavelengths deal

Windstream Wholesale signed its largest capacity wavelengths deal to date. A major hyperscale customer (unnamed) will purchase wavelengths to interconnect data centers in key cities in the United States. Windstream said this deal, combined with additional wave capacity contracted in October, represents 5.7 terabits of capacity – the most sold in any single month at Windstream Wholesale. Windstream Wholesale’s coast-to-coast long-haul and regional...

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Nokia targets private 4G/5G networks in Japan

Nokia is building out its strategic partnership ecosystem in Japan with the goal to bring local 5G/private wireless LTE to industrial and government customers. Spectrum designated for local 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019 for enterprise use. Nokia has built a partnership eco-system with five companies spanning multiple segments, including NS Solutions for factory IoT, Marubeni for global IoT, Internet Initiative Japan for Full MVNO,...

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Fiber Broadband Association elects new leaders

The Fiber Broadband Association, which advocates for all- fiber-optic network infrastructure to the home in the Americas, announced that Katie Espeseth will serve as Chair of the Board for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2020. Espeseth has over 30 years of marketing and telecommunications experience and currently serves as Vice President of New Products at EPB. Mark Boxer, Technical Applications Engineering Manager of OFS was elected to the...

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