Celestial AI raises $100M for its Photonic Fabric Optical Interconnect

Celestial AI, a start-up developing an optical interconnect for disaggregated, exascale compute and memory clusters, raised $100 million in Series B funding.Celestial AI is working on Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) to enable disaggregation of scalable data center memory and accelerated computing.  The company says its Photonic Fabric is unconstrained by package beachfront limitations and can deliver data to any location on the compute die,...

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NTT activates Chennai data center campus connected to MIST subsea cable

NTT Ltd. inaugurated its latest hyperscale data center campus, Chennai 2, and the arrival of its subsea cable system - MIST in the city. The Chennai 2 campus is located in Ambattur, spread across 6 acres is a state-of-the-art project with a total planned capacity of 34.8 MW critical IT load from 2 data center buildings. The first facility, which is now live, has a 17.4 MW IT load capacity.MIST subsea cable, constructed by consortium members...

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Broadband Forum launches Fixed Wireless Access Extension project

The Broadband Forum launched a project to help connect Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs), such as apartment complexes, with 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).The “Fixed Wireless Access Extension” project from Broadband Forum’s Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) Work Area will focus on reusing the existing property infrastructure cabling to extend FWA connections.One issue commonly faced when using 5G mmWave technology, is the difficulty sending mmWave signals...

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University of Twente studies quantum properties in optical chip

Researchers at the University of Twente used photons in an optical chip to demonstrate how quantum mechanics and thermodynamics can be true simultaneously. The results, which were recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, examined the properties of photons as they passed through entangled channels within an optical chip.https://www.utwente.nl/en/news/2023/7/1033393/ut-photonics-experiment-resolves-quantum-para...

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Thales: Security risks in the dynamic multicloud landscape

More than a third (39%) of businesses have experienced a data breach in their cloud environment last year, an increase on the 35% reported in 2022, according to the 2023 Thales Cloud Security Study.Some highlights: Three quarters (75%) of businesses said that more than 40% of data stored in the cloud is classified as sensitive, compared to 49% of businesses this time last year.More than a third (38%) ranked Software as a Service (SaaS) applications...

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Telstra to offer voice-only and voice plus broadband by Starlink

Telstra will  become the first provider in the world to offer voice-only and voice plus broadband powered by Starlink to rural and remote Telstra customers in Australia. Under the agreement, Telstra will also provide connectivity options for our business customers in Australia and overseas, as a higher bandwidth business grade option in areas without fixed and mobile connectivity. Launch is expected later this year.“Telstra is always looking...

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Nokia and Apple sign long-term patent license agreement

Nokia signed a new patent cross-license agreement with Apple which will replace the current license that is due to expire at the end of 2023. Financial terms were not disclosed.Nokia said it expects to recognize the revenue related to this new patent license agreement starting in January 2024.Jenni Lukander, President of Nokia Technologies, said: “We are delighted to have concluded a long-term patent license agreement with Apple on an amicable basis....

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Infinera names Scotty Benda as SVP of Worldwide Systems Engineering

Infinera named Scotty Benda as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Systems Engineering.  He previously held senior technical leadership positions with LightRiver Technologies, Ciena, Nokia, and Nortel.“With a focus on delivering unparalleled value to our customers with industry-leading open optical platforms and intelligent pluggable solutions, Scotty brings deep technical expertise, proven leadership, and a customer-centric approach aligned...

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Coherent appoints Dr Young-Kai Chen as Deputy CTO

Coherent appointed Dr. Young-Kai (Y.K.) Chen as Deputy Chief Technology Officer (DCTO), reporting to CTO Dr. Julie Sheridan Eng.Prior to being named DCTO, Dr. Chen was Chief Scientist in Coherent’s New Ventures and Wide-Bandgap Electronics Technologies group. Before joining Coherent in 2021, he was a program manager at DARPA, where he initiated and managed programs in advanced semiconductor electronics, secured communications, and artificial intelligence...

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Ericsson consolidates manufacturing and tech hubs in Estonia

Ericsson will consolidate all of its operations in Estonia into a single, state-of-the art, 50,000 sq m smart hub that comprises test labs, warehouses, production lines, and offices.  The company currently has more than 2,200 employees in Estonia. Its existing factory plays a strategic role in Ericsson’s global supply footprint, accounting for more than 40 percent of the industrialization of Ericsson 5G products.The new smart manufacturing and...

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