Intel's 4th Gen Xeon brings accelerators for data center, vRANs

Intel launched its 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids), Xeon CPU Max Series (code-named Sapphire Rapids HBM) and Data Center GPU Max Series (code-named Ponte Vecchio).Intel described the rollout as one of the most important product launches in company history.The new processors promise a leap in data center performance, efficiency, security and new capabilities for AI, the cloud, the network and edge, and the world’s most...

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Vantage Data Centers invests £500 million in 48MW London campus

Vantage Data Centers unveiled plans for a 48MW £500 million data center campus in London. The new facility, which is situated on nearly five acres (two hectares) in the PowerGate neighborhood of North Acton, an established data center community in the northwest part of the city, will total 430,000 square feet (40,000 square meters) across two 24MW multi-story data centers once fully developed. The first facility will open its doors to hyperscale...

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POET begins production of optical engines for 100G, 200G and 400G

POET Technologies released to production foursmall form factor optical engines with integrated directly modulated lasers (DMLs), optical multiplexer, high-speed photodiodes and optical demultiplexer. The devices enable low power, cost-efficient and highly scalable 100G CWDM4, 200G FR4 and 400G FR4 pluggable transceivers for telecom and data center markets.The 100G CWDM4 transmit optical engine consists of four high-speed DMLs, monitor photodiodes...

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IonQ acquires Entangled Networks

IonQ has acquired the operating assets of Entangled Networks, a Toronto-based start-up focused on enabling computation across multiple distributed quantum processors. The Entangled Networks team will join IonQ to launch IonQ Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed.IonQ said the acquisition advances its  goal of developing quantum systems capable of supporting the quantum networks of the future. IonQ’s own quantum networking hardware is currently...

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Windstream lands $35 million in grants for fiber rollouts in Georgia

Kinetic by Windstream has been awarded $34.9 million in grants to build out fiber to more than 4,500 homes and businesses in Georgia.Communities covered by this round of grants:Clay County - 1,216 locationsClinch County - 1,665 locationsRandolph County – 1,116 locationsSchley County – 512 locations“We celebrate every time families get the benefits for fiber internet in their homes,” said Tony Thomas, president and CEO of Windstream. “We are grateful...

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Teledyne LeCroy debuts 800G PAM4 protocol tester

 Teledyne LeCroy announced availability of the SierraNet M1288 Protocol Test Solution, which supports analysis of up to 8 lanes of IEEE 802.3ck based Ethernet traffic and 112GbE four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM4).  The new M1288 tester enables troubleshooting from the physical layer through the application layer for up to 800 Gigabit Ethernet traffic.The SierraNet M1288 Protocol Test Solution supports capture and analysis of links...

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Infineon sells its DC-DC converter business to Micross

Micross Components has agreed to purchase Infineon’s HiRel DC-DC converter business including its hybrid and custom board-based power products. Financial terms were not discloseThe HiRel DC-DC converter business is a leading provider of high reliability DC-DC power conversion solutions for the toughest environments, including outer space, and will operate under the Micross Hi-Rel Products business segment. These DC-DC converter products are complete...

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