NTT demos low-latency transport and precision control on IOWN

NTT demonstrated  Sony's precision bilateral control technology running over low-latency transport through the IOWN All-Photonics Network.The demo aimed at achieving precise remote manipulation with haptic feedback, unimpeded by the distance between separated locations. Some of the results of this research will be exhibited at this week’s NTT R & D Forum - IOWN ACCELERATION event.Bilateral control technology, which allows for the synchronization...

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Deutsche Telekom raises guidance on strong Q3

Deutsche Telekom posted third quarter revenue of 27.6 billion euros, up 0.7 percent in organic terms. High-margin service revenues up 4.1 percent in organic terms.Net profit was up 21.9 percent to 1.9 billion euros.“In these uncertain times, Deutsche Telekom continues to grow unabated on both sides of the Atlantic,” said Tim Höttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom. “We want our shareholders to participate in this positive development by way of a higher...

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SpaceX launches SES’s Fifth and Sixth O3b mPOWER Satellites

SES confirmed the successful launch of its fifth and sixth O3b mPOWER satellites by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.The duo completes the six #MEO satellites required for SES to offer high-performance network services delivering high throughput, predictable low latency, unique flexibility and service availability.The first four O3b mPOWER satellites launched in the last year have arrived at their target...

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Softbank deploys new optical network in Japan with Fujitsu

 SoftBank completed the nationwide deployment of an all optical network in Japan using Fujitsu’s next-generation optical transmission platform “1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900”.Fujitsu says the new network realizes a reduction of power consumption of up to 90% compared to previous networks by connecting to equipment compatible with all optical technology and applying liquid cooling technology. The network has a maximum capacity of 48.8...

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Groq scales AI inference processing

Groq, an AI start-up based in Mountain View, California offering a  Tensor Streaming Processor (TSP), announced a new performance bar of more than 300 tokens per second per user on Meta AI's Llama-2 70B LMM.The benchmark was set using Groq’s  Language Processing Unit system. Jonathan Ross, CEO and founder of Groq commented, "When running LLMs, you can't accurately generate the 100th token until you've generated the 99th. An LPU™ system...

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Softbank upgrades optical network in Japan with Fujitsu

SoftBank completed the nationwide deployment of an all optical network in Japan using Fujitsu’s next-generation optical transmission platform “1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900”.Fujitsu says the new network realizes a reduction of power consumption of up to 90% compared to previous networks by connecting to equipment compatible with all optical technology and applying liquid cooling technology. The network has a maximum capacity of 48.8 Tbps...

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Trillion Parameter Consortium targets AI systems

A new Trillion Parameter Consortium (TPC) has been formed by federal laboratories, research institutes, academia, and industry to address the challenges of building large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) systems and advancing trustworthy and reliable AI for scientific discovery.Training LLMs (large language models) with this many parameters requires exascale class computing resources, such as those being deployed at several U.S. Department of Energy...

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