Tuesday, March 22, 2022

NVIDIA unveils 51.2T Spectrum-4 switch ASIC

NVIDIA unveiled its next generation, 400 Gbps Spectrum-4 Ethernet switch with adaptive routing and enhanced congestion control mechanisms.The NVIDIA Spectrum-4 uses a custom ASIC with a 51.2 terabits per second switching capacity, supporting up 128 ports of 400G or 64 ports of 800G, and based on 100 Gbps PAM4 SerDes technology. It integrates a 12.8 Tb/s crypto engine wtih support for MACsec and VXLANsec. It also support secure boot as default via...

NVIDIA opens its NVLink die-to-die and chip-to-chip

NVIDIA will expand the use of its NVLink chip-to-chip and die-to-die interconnect technology in its GPUs, CPUs, DPUs, NICs and SOCs. The company also plans to open the technolgy to other for for custom chip and chiplet integrations. NVIDIA NVLink-C2C is built on top of NVIDIA’s world-class SERDES and LINK design technology, and it is extensible from PCB-level integrations and multichip modules to silicon interposer and wafer-level connections,...

Ericsson intros Local Packet Gateway for enterprises

Ericsson introduced an all-in-one appliance – including hardware, Container-as-a-Service (CaaS), software and lifecycle management for enterprise edge applications.The Ericsson Local Packet Gateway aims to make edge applications easier to deploy and manage. It brings dual-mode 5G Core user plane and network slicing to the edge, enabling both mobile broadband and enterprise use cases, from small user plane deployment in a CSP core network, to routing...

HPE expands its GreenLake edge-to-cloud portfolio

HPE is rolling out significant enhancements to its flagship GreenLake hybrid cloud platform.HPE GreenLak, which supports on-premise, edge, colocation, and public cloud deployments, is gaining traction worldwide, according to the company. In Q1 2022, HPE reported annual recurring revenue of $798 million, and increased as-a-service orders 136 percent year-over-year. The HPE GreenLake platform provides the foundation for more than 50 cloud services,...

Kioxia intros data center SSDs with PCIe 5.0 -- 14% performance boost

Kioxia is the first to introduce a data center SSD with a PCIe 5.0 interface, which doubles the bandwidth over PCIe 4.0 from 16 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) to 32GT/s. The CD8 Series is now available for customer evaluation.Based on Kioxia’s 5th generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology, the CD8 Series utilizes a proprietary Kioxia controller and firmware, which can be customized to customer needs, and is housed in a 2.5-inch[2], 15mm Z-height...

Eutelsat signs with OneWeb

Eutelsat Communications signed a global, multi-year Distribution Partnership Agreement (DPA) for OneWeb capacity. The agreement paves the way for Eutelsat to commercialise OneWeb services across key verticals including Maritime, Aviation, Enterprise, Telcos and Government.Eutelsat Chief Executive Officer Eva Berneke said: "As a shareholder in OneWeb, we are excited to play a role in the success of this new constellation by incorporating OneWeb's...

Telstra to deliver teleport services for OneWeb in Australia

Telstra announced a 10-year deal to deliver teleport services to OneWeb in Australia. Telstra is building three new dedicated teleports across Australia. The first of the new teleports, located in Darwin Tivendale, is scheduled to begin installation this month with go-live planned in July. Two further sites – Charlton Toowoomba and Wangara, Perth, WA – are planned for completion later in 2022. Each facility will provide turnkey ground station...