Is quantum-secured networking ready for commercialization?

Is quantum-secured networking ready for commercialization? What value does it provide?https://youtu.be/gGVkMcYJ9kwIn this video, Andrew Lord, Distinguished Engineer and Senior Manager Optical Networks and Quantum Research, BT, explains that while quantum has often been perceived as a complex science experiment, it has moved on incredibly in the last few years, and it is now ready for showtime. The proof of this is in the demonstration that BT...

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NVIDIA accelerates its generative AI platforms

NVIDIA launched four inference platforms optimized for generative AI applications:NVIDIA L4 for AI Video can deliver 120x more AI-powered video performance than CPUs, combined with 99% better energy efficiency. Serving as a universal GPU for virtually any workload, it offers enhanced video decoding and transcoding capabilities, video streaming, augmented reality, generative AI video and more.NVIDIA L40 for Image Generation is optimized for graphics...

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Google Cloud offers NVIDIA’s L4 Tensor Core GPUs for generative AI

Google Cloud  is the first cloud services provider to offer NVIDIA’s L4 Tensor Core GPU. Additionally, L4 GPUs will be available with optimized support on Vertex AI, which now supports building, tuning and deploying large generative AI models.NVIDIA’s L4 GPU is a universal GPU capable of delivering 120x more AI-powered video performance than CPUs. The company also claims 99% better energy efficiency.“Surging interest in generative AI is inspiring...

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Oracle Cloud deploys NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has selected the NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU as the latest addition to its networking stack, offering OCI customers a new option for offloading data center tasks from CPUs.BlueField-3 is NVIDIA’s third-generation data processing unit BlueField-3 is the foundation of the data center control plane that delivers cloud and AI services. The company cites power reductions of up to 24% on servers using NVIDIA BlueField DPUs...

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Arista debuts enterprise-class WAN Routing System

Arista Networks has begun customer trials of a new WAN Routing System that combines its enterprise-class routing platforms, carrier/cloud-neutral internet transit capabilities, and its CloudVision Pathfinder Service, which modernizes WAN management and provisioning, aligning the operating model with visualization and orchestration across all network transport domainsThe Arista WAN Routing System aims for a consistent networking architecture across...

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Stuart Pann appointed GM of Intel Foundry Services

Intel announced the appointment of Stuart Pann as senior vice president and general manager of Intel Foundry Services (IFS), reporting to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. He succeeds Dr. Randhir Thakur, the inaugural general manager of Intel Foundry Services, who stepped down from the role in November 2022 and will depart Intel at the end of March.“The industry is responding well to our systems foundry approach and we’re seeing strong momentum, including...

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Connecting data center racks for AI/ML

How do you build a data center rack for AI/ML training? At OFC23, Credo showcased a high-performance rack with 3 next gen appliances connected with 3 types of physical networking, including a big backbone for RDMA sharing, which could be used for GPT-style applications. https://youtu.be/nHb7Bee1_M8Also on display was a Credo 800G Active Electrical Cable with the Screaming Eagle retimer. Another demo featured Credo's Dove 800G Digital Signal...

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