OIF publishes CEI-112G-XSR+-PAM4 Extended Extra Short Reach IA

 OIF published two Implementation Agreements (IA):Common Electrical I/O (CEI) CEI-112G-XSR+-PAM4 Extended Extra Short Reach - which specifies a 112 Gb/s PAM4 electrical interface for die-to-die (D2D) and die-to-optical-engine (D2OE) interconnect with bump-to-bump insertion loss up to 13 dB at the Nyquist frequency and baud rate in the range 36 Gsym/s to 58 Gsym/s. The intended applications encompass multiple-chip modules (MCM), co-packaged optics...

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Cirion teams with Qwilt on CDN for Latin America

Cirion Technologies is working with Qwilt to bring a more efficient and scalable content delivery network in Latin America. This new partnership, based on Qwilt’s Open Caching technology, allows Cirion to scale up rapidly as market demand increases. It substantially increases Cirion’s ability to reliably deliver high-quality live and VoD streaming throughout the region and becomes one of the largest low-latency CDN service providers across Latin...

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Equinix debuts Fabric Cloud Router

Equinix introduced a new virtual routing service to help enterprises easily connect applications and data across multiple clouds and on-premise deployments. Equinix Fabric Cloud Router simplifies a complex cloud-to-cloud and hybrid cloud networking challenges by providing an easy-to-configure, enterprise-grade, multicloud routing service that can be deployed in under a minute. By using Equinix's secure private connectivity, customers can connect...

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Nokia invests in German R&D

Nokia announced a substantial €360 million investment in software, hardware, and chip design at its Ulm and Nuremberg sites as part of a four-year European IPCEI project. The initiative, which is a collaborative effort funded by Nokia, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), and the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, is focused on the integrated development of software, hardware, and high-performance...

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Arelion opens 2nd PoP in Tokyo

Arelion today announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at AT TOKYO's carrier-neutral data center, Chuo Center #1 (CC1). The new PoP is Arelion's second Tokyo PoP and third Japan PoP after its Osaka PoP. Chuo Center #1 is one of the largest data centers in Japan with 31 MW capability, gaining popularity as a global connectivity hub for multinational businesses that require high-speed access to Japan's thriving enterprise markets. Japan's financial...

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Seagate ships 30TB drives based on HAMR tech

Seagate introduced its Mozaic 3+ hard drive platform based on its Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology for achieving 3TB+ per platter—and a roadmap that will achieve 4TB+ and 5TB+ per platter in the coming years.The Mozaic 3+ platform powers Seagate’s flagship Exos product family, with newly announced, industry-leading capacity points of 30TB and up. Exos 30TB+ drives are shipping in volume this quarter to hyperscale cloud customers.Seagate...

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IDC: Telco cloud infrastructure software market forecast

International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide revenue for telco cloud infrastructure software, including virtual network functions (VNFs), cloud-native network functions (CNFs), and network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), across four market subsegments (core transport, mobile infrastructure, mobile backhaul, access networks and virtual CPE), will grow from $12.9 billion in 2022 to $27.3 billion in 2027. This represents...

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LightRiver appoints Brinksma as SVP Software Solutions

LightRiver has appointed Jim Brinksma as Senior Vice President of Software Solutions. Brinksma will be based out of LightRiver's Holmdel Software Development Center in New Jersey.Brinksma's career spans Department of Defense, SaaS startups, financial services, and telecommunications. His previous roles include Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Megaport, Co-founder & CTO of InnovoEdge (acquired by Megaport), VP of Strategy & Business Development...

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Quantinuum raises $300 million

Quantinuum, a quantum computing company formed through the combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum, raised , at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion. The round is anchored by Quantinuum’s strategic partner JPMorgan Chase, with additional participation from Mitsui & Co., Amgen and Honeywell, which remains the company’s majority shareholder. This investment brings the total capital raised by Quantinuum since inception to...

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