Video: Data Center network evolution with AMD Pensando DPUs

https://youtu.be/Job_3rlSby0It's been a busy year since AMD acquired Pensando for its DPUs.Soni Jiandani provides an update including deployments with Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and IBM. There's also a lot happening with DPUs in the enterprise including use cases fir DPUs in servers and in a new generation of SmartSwitches.  AMD is betting that applications can be supercharged when run on servers powered by its 4th gen EPYC CPUs and its...

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AWS hit by major outage at US-EAST-1 Region

Amazon Web Services experienced  increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS Services in the US-EAST-1 Region. The outage began on Tuesday at 11:49 AM PDT and lasted till 3:37 PM.AWS said the root cause appeared to be an issue with a subsystem responsible for capacity management for AWS Lambda, which caused errors directly for customers (including through API Gateway) and indirectly through the use of other AWS services. The issue...

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USDA opens $714 million in grants and loans for rural broadband

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $714 million in grants and loans to connect thousands of rural residents, farmers and business owners in 19 states.The funding was approved under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $65 billion to connect everyone to high-speed internet through the Internet for All initiative. For USDA, this batch of approvals represents thes fourth funding round of the ReConnect Program. Since the beginning...

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European Commission offers €8.1 billion for semiconductor and communications

The European Commission will provide up to €8.1 billion to advance research in the field of Microelectronics, including communication technologies (IPCEI ME/CT).  The initiative involves 68 projects from 56 companies, that form part of the wider IPCEI ME/CT ecosystem involving over 30 associated participants.The overall objective is to enable the digital and green transformation by: (i) creating innovative microelectronics and communication...

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OFS show fiber cabling for aircraft

OFS announced a fiber cable optimized for inflight entertainment, internet access, networking and display systems used in commercial aircraft.OFS FlightLinx PLUS Fiber Optic Cable is a 1.8 mm ruggedized single jacket cable designed to meet or exceed ARINC 802 performance requirements without the need for a double jacket. The company says the cable's construction consists of a tight buffered fiber within a loose structure cable which allows for...

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Strong forecast for PCIe interconnect

 The total addressable market for PCI Express (PCIe) technology is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14% from 2022 to 2027 in high growth verticals including data centers, edge, telcos, AI, automotive, mobile devices and wearables, according to a new report from ABI Research and PCI-SIG. The report analyzed all generations of PCIe technology currently in the marketplace and the impact of the upcoming PCIe 7.0 specification, which is targeted for...

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Ericsson’s Cloud RAN runs on 4th Gen Intel Xeon

Ericsson demonstrated its Cloud RAN solution running on the new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost. This milestone marks a significant step towards a fully commercialized Cloud RAN solution based on HPE ProLiant DL110 servers.Carried out at Ericsson’s Open Lab in Ottawa, the first end-to-end Cloud RAN call on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost on the HPE ProLiant DL110 server, marks a significant...

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