Alphawave Semi demos 112G SERDES on TSMC 3nm

Alphawave Semi demonstrated its first connectivity silicon platform on TSMC’s most advanced 3nm process with its ZeusCORE Extra-Long-Reach (XLR) 1-112Gbps NRZ/PAM4 serialiser-deserialiser (SerDes) IP.Alphawave Semi’s silicon platform with 112G Ethernet and PCIe 6.0 IP on TSMC 3nm process will be unveiled at the TSMC North America Symposium in Santa Clara, CA on April 26, 2023.The company says its ZeusCORE XLR Multi-Standard-Serdes (MSS) IP on the...

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Microsoft posts Cloud revenue of $28.5 billion, up 22%

Microsoft reported Q1 revenue of $52.9 billion, up 7% (up 10% in constant currency) and net income of $18.3 billion, up 9% (up 14% in constant currency).“The world’s most advanced AI models are coming together with the world’s most universal user interface – natural language – to create a new era of computing,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “Across the Microsoft Cloud, we are the platform of choice to...

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Google extends estimated life of network equipment to 6 years

Alphabet reported Google Cloud revenue o $7.454 billion for Q1, up from $5.821 billion. Google Cloud delivered operating income of $191 million for Q1, up from a loss of $706 million for the same period a year earlier.Alphabet also noted that it has completed an assessment of the useful lives of its servers and network equipment. The estimated useful life of servers has been extended from four years to six years and the estimated useful life of certain...

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Juniper's Q1 revenue hits $1.372 billion, up 17% yoy, raises guidance

Juniper Networks reported quarterly net revenues og $1,371.8 million, an increase of 17% year-over-year and a decrease of 5% sequentially. Non-GAAP net income was $156.6 million, an increase of 54% year-over-year, and a decrease of 27% sequentially, resulting in non-GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.48.GAAP operating margin was 8.4%, an increase from 5.0% in the first quarter of 2022, and a decrease from 14.0% in the fourth quarter of 2022.“We...

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Vantage Data Centers plans 2nd campus in London

Vantage Data Centers is building a second data center campus (LHR2) in London supported by an investment of £250 million. LHR2 will consist of a single data center that will deliver 20MW of IT capacity across 194,000 square feet (18,000 square meters). Located in Park Royal, London’s largest industrial area, the site is less than 30 minutes from the London Heathrow airport and nearby hotels in the city center, offering critical accessibility...

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Video: Dust Photonics overview and demo

https://youtu.be/aafxtAi74KoDust Photonics is a silicon photonics company that has developed a product called Carmel. Carmel is a silicon photonics chip that is used for 400 gig and 800 gig applications.It includes DustPhotonics’ special IP for attaching the laser onto a silicon photonics PIC which provides very low loss and very good performance. The Carmel chip is a cost-effective transmitter that converts electrical signals to optical signals...

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AtlasEdge secures €725 million for European edge data centers

AtlasEdge secured a scalable €725 million facility for its European data center expansion plans.The funding was underwritten by mandated lead arranger ING Bank, as well as ABN Amro, Crédit Agricole CIB, The Bank of Nova Scotia, National Westminster Bank Plc, Banco Santander and UniCredit Bank AG.The financing also includes sustainability-linked targets focussed on efficiency and renewable energy usage. This aligns AtlasEdge’s mission to build a truly...

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