Apple's new M2 Ultra leverages its UltraFusion silicon interposer

Apple introduced its flagship M2 Ultra system on a chip (SoC) built using a second-generation 5-nanometer process and boasting 134 billion transistors — 20 billion more than M1 Ultra.The M2 Ultra chip leverages Apple’s UltraFusion® silicon interposer technology to connect the die of two M2 Max chips. The design connects the dies with more than 10,000 signals, providing over 2.5TB/s of low-latency interprocessor bandwidth. The M2 Ultra supports...

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Intel shows PowerVia chip backside power delivery

Intel announced the first implementation of its PowerVia backside power delivery technology in a product-like test chip.PowerVia solves the growing issue of interconnect bottlenecks in area scaling by moving power routing to the backside of a wafer.Intel said PowerVia was tested on its own internal test node to debug and ensure good functionality of the technology before its integration with RibbonFET in Intel 20A. After fabrication and testing on...

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Charter to deploy Nokia CBRS RAN to offload from leased network

Charter Communications will deploy Nokia’s AirScale equipment portfolio, including 5G RAN, to increase network capacity to Spectrum Mobile customers in its trial markets in the United States. The deployment will offload traffic from its leased mobile network.This is the first win for Nokia in the Multiple System Operator (MSO) space. Charter will deploy Nokia’s 5G RAN products, including strand mounted radios for CBRS, baseband units, and a newly...

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Adva Network Security and Quantum Optics demo QKD

Adva Network Security and Quantum Optics Jena demonstrated entanglement-based quantum key distribution (QKD) technology to establish a secure optical communication channel between data centers owned and operated by the Thüringer Landesrechenzentrum (TLRZ), the IT service provider for the state’s administration in Thuringia. Adva Network Security said that by delivering quantum-secured keys to the encryptor of the high-bitrate optical channel,...

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GTT boosts its security offerings

GTT Communications is rolling out the following enhancements to its fully managed cloud-and premise-based cybersecurity service offerings for enterprises: GTT MDR: New heightened service-level agreement (SLA) for GTT’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR), assuring enterprises with 24/7 threat monitoring and ongoing assurance that investigations will take place within 15 minutes. The service combines Security Information and Event Management...

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