Intel Foundry sets ambitious agenda for the AI era

Three years after returning to Intel as its CEO, Pat Gelsinger launched Intel Foundry as a “systems foundry business for the AI era.”In a press event in San Jose, Gelsinger set a target to become the No.2 foundry globally by the end of the decade.   The idea of a “systems foundry” versus a traditional foundry is that a systems foundry approach offers full-stack optimization from the factory network to software. Gelsinger also unveiled an...

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NVIDIA's data center revenue hits $18.4 billion, up 409% YoY

NVIDIA reported record quarterly revenue of $22.1 billion, up 22% from Q3, up 265% from year ago. Of this, data center revenue amounted to a record $18.4 billion, up 27% from Q3, up 409% from year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $5.16, up 28% from the previous quarter and up 486% from a year ago.“Accelerated computing and generative AI have hit the tipping point. Demand is surging worldwide across companies, industries and nations,”...

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Nokia taps NVIDIA for AI-ready RAN

Nokia is collaborating with NVIDIA on the future of AI-ready radio access network (RAN) solutions. The collaboration, which further enhances Nokia’s anyRAN approach, aims to position AI as fundamental to transforming the future of the telecommunications network business. Nokia will collaborate with NVIDIA on Cloud RAN solutions that leverage the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip for Layer 2+ processing, Nokia’s high-performance, energy-efficient In-Line...

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Nokia adds GenAI to its NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome

Nokia’s XDR security platform, NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome, will be integrated with a telco centric GenAI assistant to give enterprises faster and higher quality detection and resolution capabilities. The new telco-focused GenAI assistant is based on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with telecommunications and mission critical security training. The training incorporates a variety of categories of information, including: 3GPP and NIST network architecture...

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#MWC24 Preview: Telcos Will Operate on AI

AI will be the talk of MWC 2024, but what does this mean in practical terms?  How will telcos use AI to operate their networks? Andrew Coward, GM of Software Networking from IBM, explains:The potential of AI in telecommunications: AI can be used to automatically detect and fix network issues, improve customer service, and even predict and manage network capacity during high-demand events like the Super Bowl.The challenges in implementing AI:...

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#MWC24 Preview: AI's Role in 5G & Spectrum Innovation

 How will AI impact 5G network operations? Chris Pearson, President, and Viet Nguyen, VP of Public Relations & Technology from 5G Americas explain:The integration of artificial intelligence into the fabric of communication, enhancing network performance through automated networks and improved security.The impact of AI on customers and enterprise applications, with a focus on network optimization and security.The dawn of 5G Advanced...

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Dust Photonics raises US$24 million in Series B

DustPhotonics, a start-up based in Modi'in, Israel, raised US$24 million in Series B funding for its silicon photonics technology for data center and AI applications, The oversubscribed funding round was funded by a combination of prominent investors, including new and existing investors such as Sienna Venture Capital, Greenfield Partners, Atreides Management, and Exor Ventures.DustPhotonics said it plans to use the funding to scale production...

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Keysight and InterDigital demo AI channel emulation for 6G

At the upcoming #MWC24 in Barcelona, Keysight Technologies and InterDigital plan to demonstrate how AI channel estimators can be trained, integrated into a physical layer, and evaluated.The companies expect that AI will be a foundational technology for 6G, where it will be used for channel estimation. When the channel estimation block is replaced with a neural network (NN), site-specific training data used for the NN can optimize its performance...

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Lumos partners with STL on mid-Atlantic fiber rollout

Lumos, which provides fiber access to more than 275,000 homes and businesses across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, has named STL as a strategic partner in its ambition to build transformative 100% fiber optic internet in the mid-Atlantic region.Lumos was an important part of STL's recently inaugurated fiber optic plant in Lugoff, South Carolina. More recently, senior executives from Lumos visited STL's R&D, glass preform, fiber...

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