NVIDIA Blackwell and 5th gen NVlink advance AI

 NVIDIA unveiled its Blackwell platform, named in honor of David Harold Blackwell, a mathematician who specialized in game theory and statistics, succeeding the NVIDIA Hopper architecture launched two years ago.Blackwell leverages six new technologies to enable AI training and real-time LLM inference for models scaling up to 10 trillion parameters.Blackwell Highlights208 billion transistors Manufactured using a custom-built 4NP TSMC process...

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NVIDIA rolls out 800G Networking Switches

NVIDIA introduced its X800 series of 800G Infiniband and Ethernet networking switches designed to cater to massive-scale AI workloads, including those utilizing NVIDIA's newly unveiled Blackwell architecture-based products.Quantum-X800 Platform: Features the NVIDIA Quantum Q3400 switch and the NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC, delivering 5 times higher bandwidth and a 9 times increase in In-Network Computing capabilities compared to previous generations....

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Big Clouds endorse NVIDIA Blackwell platform

AWS will offer NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPU-based Amazon EC2 instances and NVIDIA DGX Cloud to accelerate performance of building and running inference on multi-trillion-parameter LLMs. Plans also include the integration of  AWS Nitro System, Elastic Fabric Adapter encryption, and AWS Key Management Service with Blackwell encryption to provides end-to-end control of raining data and model weights.  Specifically, AWS will offer the NVIDIA...

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NVIDIA launches 6G Research Cloud AI platform

NVIDIA unveiled its 6G Research Cloud platform, which aims to advance AI in radio access networks.The NVIDIA 6G Research Cloud platform consists of three foundational elements:NVIDIA Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin for 6G: A reference application and developer sample that enables physically accurate simulations of complete 6G systems, from a single tower to city scale. It incorporates software-defined RAN and user-equipment simulators, along with realistic...

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Orange picks Infinera’s GX Series for international network

Orange has selected Infinera’s GX Series compact modular networking platform to optimize its network infrastructure across Europe.The network deployment project will leverage Infinera’s latest generation of coherent engines and optical line system. Orange and Infinera recently completed a network in the U.S., and will now connect Paris, Marseille, and Bordeaux in France. Spanning 3,000 kilometers (km), this network includes multiple hub cities for...

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Windstream Wholesale upgrades key routes in Virginia

Windstream Wholesale completed two pivotal route enhancement projects across Virginia using FLEX DWDM (FLEX) technology.The FLEX upgrade extends across Windstream’s ICON network from Ashburn through Richmond, Virginia, and into the Virginia Beach cable landing station (CLS).  The route segment from Ashburn to Richmond serves as a vital connection between key data centers while the extension from Richmond to the Virginia Beach subsea CLS opens...

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Dell'Oro: Broadband Access Equipment Sales Dipped 9% in 2023

The total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market decreased to $17.5 B in 2023, down 9 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Spending on Cable equipment dropped 3 percent overall, though spending on Remote PHY Devices (RPDs) jumped 21 percent, following a 99 percent Y/Y increase in 2022."Cable operators continue to modernize their networks through the deployment of Distributed Access Architectures,"...

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