Meta contributes Terragraph, Open M-Plane and Maveric to LF Connectivity

 The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with Meta, announced LF Connectivity, a new open source project focused on advancing technologies to accelerate emerging network and connectivity applications.Meta is contributing three initial sub-projects:Terragraph is a wireless technology solution for delivering gigabit speed last-mile accessOpen M-Plane - a software component of Meta's Evenstar hardware design for the configuration and management...

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Meta unveils first in-house ASIC — a video processor

Meta unveiled a highly optimized device for processing video for live-streaming, video on demand (VOD), AR/VR, and AI-generated content across the Meta family of applications.The Meta Scalable Video Processor (MSVP) is the company’s first in-house-developed ASIC solution. The company said it intends to “eventually offload the majority of our stable and mature video processing workloads to MSVP and use software only for workloads that require...

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Blovelight develops WDM lens array with SABIC’s resin

China-based Blovelight has partnered with SABIC on an integrated, single-mode fiber optic lens array for optical transmission applications. The design uses SABIC’s ULTEM resin to mold an integrated connector and receiving lens array and provide a housing for the WDM component. Compared to aspherical glass lenses, SABIC says its resin provides greater design freedom and high-volume, high-speed production without the need for secondary grinding...

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Liquid Dataport activates terrestrial fiber from Mombasa to Johannesburg

Liquid Dataport activated the first terrestrial fibre route connecting Mombasa to Johannesburg. This new route is the first fibre link across DRC between Goma and Kananga, providing multiple landlocked countries with extra redundancy, resilience, connectivity to numerous data centres and cloud resources, and, most significantly, an alternative option in the event of a subsea cable outage between Kenya and South Africa.Liquid Dataport, which...

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New Broadband Forum spec targets virtualized ONU authentication

The Broadband Forum will develop a new specification for ONU authentication in virtualized services.Conventionally, ONU authentication is carried out solely by the operator’s Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), however, as more network functions become disaggregated from physical equipment, it can also be carried out by functions on the network management plane.ONU authentication also determines whether the ONU is managed by an ONU Management Control...

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Samsung begins mass production of 16Gb DDR5

 Samsung Electronics started mass production of 16-gigabit (Gb) DDR5 DRAM designed for data center servers, HPC clusters, etc.The new chips are based on the most advanced 12 nanometer (nm)-class process technology and boast a maximum speed of 7.2 gigabits per second (Gbps).Compared to the previous generation, Samsung’s new 12nm-class DDR5 DRAM reduces power consumption by up to 23% while enhancing wafer productivity by up to 20%.“Using differentiated...

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Dell’Oro: Microwave Transmission Equipment market forecasted at +5% in 2023

The microwave transmission equipment market is forecast to grow 5 percent in 2023, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group, thanks to demand for E-band systems, which are capable of transmitting data at rates up to 20 Gbps. E/V Band shipment volumes are predicted to grow 35 percent year-over-year.“Microwave Transmission equipment demand is in a growth cycle due to 5G,” stated Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “This growth cycle began...

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Tokyo Tech builds supercomputer with HPE Cray XD6500

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC) selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build its next-generation supercomputer, TSUBAME4.0.TSUBAME4.0, which was procured under the Japanese government procurement rules, will be based in a newly constructed facility in Tokyo Tech’s Suzukakedai campus and is expected to be fully operational in spring of 2024.TSUBAME4.0 will be built with HPE Cray...

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Airspan secures $25m, appoints Glenn Laxdal as CEO

Airspan Networks announced a new $25 million financing agreement with affiliates of Fortress Investment Group (“Fortress”). Airspan agreed to issue the lenders new common stock warrants to purchase 5,912,040 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. Airspan also modified the terms of its senior secured convertible notes to increase the principal amount to $52.5 million and increase the interest rate to 10%.In addition,...

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