Samsung Foundry targets 3nm in 2022, 2nm in 2025

Samsung Foundry is scheduled to start producing its customers' first 3nm-based chip designs in the first half of 2022, while its second generation of 3nm is expected in 2023.During its 5th annual Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2021 underway this week, Samsung Electronics unveiled plans for continuous process technology migration to 3- and 2-nm based on the company’s Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistor structure.Samsung said its first 3nm GAA process node...

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POET's Interposer selected for 100G CWDM4 and LR4 engines

POET Technologies has secured a commitment from a leading network systems company for a unique multi-engine design for 100G CWDM4 and 100G LR4 Optical Engines based on the POET Optical Interposer.  The combined value of the NRE and the purchase order for initial units exceeds US$1.2 million.The POET Optical Interposer enables the integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor...

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AT&T to leverage Frontier’s Ethernet and fiber infrastructure

AT&T announced a deal with Frontier Communications to bring fiber-optic connectivity to large enterprise customers outside AT&T’s current footprint. The two companies signed multi-year strategic agreements that will also support deployment of AT&T’s 5G mobility network.Frontier is pursuing a Build Gigabit America fiber expansion plan that will pass 10 million locations by the end of 2025. Frontier expects to make fiber available to 600,000...

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Vertical Systems: Gigabit services driving U.S. retail Carrier Ethernet

Gigabit services are the largest and fastest growing source of U.S. retail Carrier Ethernet revenue, according to Vertical Systems Group’s latest ENS (Emerging Networks Service). The Ethernet services delivered using 1 Gbps and higher speed ports now contribute more than half (54%) of U.S. Ethernet revenue, and comprise just over one quarter (26%) of ports installed at customer sites.Solid revenue growth is projected through 2025 for gigabit...

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Nokia and MediaTek achieve 3.2 Gbps with FDD/TDD aggregation

Nokia and MediaTek achieved 3.2Gbps peak downlink throughput by aggregating 5G Standalone (5G SA) spectrum using 3 Components Carrier (3CC) aggregation, effectively combining 210MHz of FDD and TDD spectrum.Nokia supplied its latest AirScale equipment including its AirScale 5G SA architecture powered by its ReefShark System-on-Chip (SoC) technology as well as its cloud-native 5G core. MediaTek provided its new M80 5G modem which combines mmWave and...

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Arista ships a Wi-Fi 6E access point

Arista Networks has begun taking orders for a new Wi-Fi 6E access point as part of its cognitive campus edge portfolio.The C-360 wireless platform for next generation campus edge infrastructures is Arista’s cognitive unified edge solution with advanced AI/ML capabilities for understanding which devices are on the wired and wireless network, what they're doing, and whether they're properly segmented. Key specs for the C-360Full-featured Wi-Fi...

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Syniverse confirms long running breach of its global SMS network

In an SEC filing, Syniverse, which provides SMS connectivity services for nearly all mobile carriers, confirmed that a cyber breach discovered in May 2021 had been underway since May 2016.Syniverse said an individual or organization gained unauthorized access to databases within its network on several occasions, and that login information allowing access to or from its Electronic Data Transfer (“EDT”) environment was compromised for approximately...

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Nokia: network automation delivers 65% OPEX cost avoidance

Operators can expect up to a 65% cost avoidance after implementing IP network automation according to Nokia based on a study performed by research firm Analysys Mason.The study focused on network automation implemented for the operator’s service fulfilment, network lifecycle management, and network and service assurance processes with the Nokia NSP, a domain controller for multivendor IP, optical and microwave networks.Analysys Mason interviewed...

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Cadence debuts 3D-IC for multi-chiplet and advanced packaging

Cadence Design Systems released its Integrity 3D-IC platform integrating 3D chip design planning, implementation and system analysis.Cadence says its platform provides system planning, integrated electrothermal, static timing analysis (STA) and physical verification flows, enabling faster, high-quality 3D design closure. It also incorporates 3D exploration flows, which take 2D design netlists to create multiple 3D stacking scenarios based on user...

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Henshall steps down as CEO of Citrix

 David J. Henshall stepped down as President and CEO of Citrix Systems and as a member of the company’s board.Citrix named Bob Calderoni, Chair of the Citrix Board of Directors as interim CEO and President, effective immediately.“I would like to thank David for his many contributions to Citrix,” said Bob Calderoni. “David played a key role in accelerating our cloud transition and has driven significant improvements in our products, with over...

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VodafoneZiggo picks RedHat Openstack

VodafoneZiggo will deploy a hybrid cloud platform based on Red Hat OpenShift to unify its application infrastructure in the Netherlands, including its new standalone 5G core. The carrier has selected Red Hat OpenShift as its foundation for cloud-native applications across both the network and the business, with 5G Core as its first deployment. After a successful proof of concept, VodafoneZiggo enlisted Red Hat Consulting to support the production...

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