Google and partners plan new subsea cables in South Pacific

Google, in partnership with In collaboration with a number of partners, including Fiji International Telecommunications, Office of Posts and Telecommunications of French Polynesia, APTelecom and Vocus Group, announced plans for two new subsea cables connecting Fiji and French Polynesia to both the United States and Australia.Honomoana, named after the Polynesian word for “link” (hono) and “ocean” (moana), will connect the United States and Australia...

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AWS announces independent sovereign cloud in Europe

Amazon plans to launch the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new, independent cloud for Europe. The new service will use data centers within the EU that are separate and independent from the company's existing Regions.Amazon says the AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be sovereign-by-design, and will be built on more than a decade of experience operating multiple independent clouds for the most critical and restricted workloads. It will also be built...

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ESnet activates 400G to four DOE National Lab

The Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) activated 400G circuits to four of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratories and user facilities: Argonne National Laboratory, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ESnet notes that most of the data-intensive national labs will be upgrading to 400G service in the coming months. This includes Lawrence Berkeley...

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Cisco looks to NVIDIA AI to power Hybrid Workspaces

Cisco is working with NVIDIA to deliver AI-powered meetings for hybrid workers. Cisco is launching Room Kit EQX and expanding its Cinematic Meetings capabilities — both powered by NVIDIA’s AI engine — with the goal of enhancing collaboration experiences with audio and video intelligence and enabling more equitable hybrid meetings. The Room Kit EQX is a new, integrated collaboration solution that allows customers to deploy beautiful, future-of-meeting...

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Cisco makes an investment in Aliro Quantum

Aliro Quantum, a start-up based in Boston, announced that Cisco Investments participated in its recently announced round of funding, joining Accenture Ventures and lead investor Flybridge Leaders Fund.Aliro Quantum is developing foundational technologies needed for quantum networks and has filed ten patents that include 124 claims. The company has launched AliroNet, a non-QKD multipurpose entanglement-based secure network solution. Aliro is also...

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Rambus unveils 9.6 Gbps HBM3 Memory Controller IP

Rambus announced that its HBM3 Memory Controller IP is now capable of up to 9.6 Gbps performance. This represents a 50% increase over the HBM3 Gen1 data rate of 6.4 Gbps. The Rambus HBM3 Memory Controller can enable a total memory throughput of over 1.2 Terabytes per second (TB/s) for training of recommender systems, generative AI and other demanding data center workloads.“HBM3 is the memory of choice for AI/ML training, with large language...

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MaxLinear posts Q3 sales of $135.5M, down 53% yoy

MaxLinear reported Q3 net revenue og $135.5 million, down 26% sequentially and down 53% year-over-year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 60.8%. This compares to 61.0% in the prior quarter, and 62.0% in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.02, compared to $0.34 in the prior quarter, and $1.05 in the year-ago quarter.“In the third quarter, we delivered $135.5 million in revenues. Our infrastructure category was up 1% sequentially...

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Arelion appoints Daniel Kurgan as CEO

Arelion announced the appointment of Daniel Kurgan as President and CEO of Arelion, replacing Staffan Göjeryd who is stepping down after seven years at the helm.Daniel Kurgan, Board Executive of Arelion since January 2022, has more than 25 years of experience from the industry and several leading positions, including 14 years as CEO of BICS, Chairman of TeleSign, Chairman of Intercloud and Senior Advisor at Drake Star. “Arelion enters a new...

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