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Data Center Switching Enters the 400G Era

Wednesday, 31 October 2018

The first 400G data center switches have been announced as the Broadcom 12.8Tbit/s and 8Tbit/s Tomahawk 3 switch chips start mass production. Tomahawk 3 switch chips are used in the Arista 7060X4 Series and in new systems from Celestica, Delta Networks, Edgecore Networks and Quanta. Innovium is planning production shipments of TERALYNX switch chips before […]

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Multi-Terabit Switch Chips & Software

October 2018

Cloud-based services and the data centers required to deliver those services are driving strong demand for high-performance switch chips that can handle up to 12.8 Tbit/s in a single device. Following significant investment over the past five years, there are now more companies than ever before with competitive Ethernet switch chips. The market is rapidly […]

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Enabling the Virtualized Edge with Smart NIC Data Acceleration

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 11:00 a.m New York / 4:00 p.m London Sponsors: Ethernity

The network edge provides a dramatic opportunity for NFV deployment, as communications service providers rapidly convert their existing edge infrastructure to mini virtualized data centers, and as cloud providers extend their reach closer to end users. This presentation will describe this burgeoning market, explain the fundamental challenges, and review the various open source and standardization […]

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ECOC 2018 Optical Workshop Delivers Compelling Vision

Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Sponsors: Huawei

Speakers at “The Evolution for Next-Generation Optical Networks” workshop session at ECOC 2018 in Rome delivered a compelling vision of next-generation optical networks and how they will support cloud and 5G services. The presentations from experts at operators, equipment suppliers and academic institutions based in the US, China and Europe were very well received by the audience […]

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Look Into the Future of Optical Networks at ECOC 2018

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 Sponsors: Huawei

Key developments and research for future optical networks will be discussed during a workshop at ECOC 2018 in Rome, Italy, presented by experts from operators, equipment suppliers and academic institutions based in the US, China and Europe. The future bandwidth available through 5G mobile and fixed line networks depends heavily on the development and deployment of advanced […]

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The Programmable Switch Era Is Here… At Last!

7th September 2018

Twenty years after the first network processors were launched, we are now moving toward the fully programmable data plane, with network operator virtualization efforts driving that trend. Most physical networking systems are being replaced by virtual network functions (VNFs) running on servers at the core and edge of the network. These servers have general-purpose processors […]

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Multicore Processor & Switch Survey 2018

September 2018

Integrated multicore processors and switch chips are at the center of networking systems and general-purpose processors, designed for servers, are also widely used for packet processing. Virtual network functions (VNFs) running on server processors are replacing physical systems at both the core and edge of the network. Integrated multicore processors, with standard processor cores and […]

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ECOC Exhibition and Conference

Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th September 2018

Rome, Italy Simon Stanley will be at ECOC 2018. Simon is co-hosting the Technology “Trends for Optical Networks Towards 2020 and Beyond” workshop on Sunday 23rd and will be attending the exhibition on Monday 24th September. ECOC is the largest conference and exhibition on optical communications in Europe.

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5G/LTE Base Station, RRH, CPE & IoT Components: A Competitive Analysis

August 2018

As the mobile industry prepares for the introduction of 5G services, we have seen significant investment in components to implement 5G/LTE macro and small base stations, centralized and cloud radio access networks (C-RANs), remote radio heads (RRH), customer premises equipment (CPE) and handset modems, and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The latest components support 3GPP […]

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Connecting the Data Center: Bandwidth and Flexibility

15th May 2018 Sponsors: Intel, Menara, Xilinx

Join Simon Stanley for the Connecting the Data Center panel session at BCE in Austin Tuesday 15th May. Data center and server performance continue to grow dramatically and data center operators are looking for higher speed connections and greater flexibility at costs that are lower than previous generations.  Components are a critical part of the […]

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ECOC Exhibition and Conference 2025

29 September - 1 October 2025

Simon Stanley will be at ECOC 2025 in Copenhagen. ECOC is the largest conference and exhibition on optical communications in Europe. Please … read more

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Scaling the Edge: Architecting Cost-Effective, AI-Ready Infrastructure

Thurs, April 2, 2026 at 12 PM EDTSponsors: Advantech Register to listen

“The Efficient 5G Core: Industry Efforts for OPEX Reduction”

Thursday, December 4th at 9 AM PT, 5 PM GMTSponsors: Intel, NokiaListen to archive

Racing to 6G: Why Optical Standardization Matters Now

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 12:00 PM ETSponsors: Ericsson, Semtech, NokiaListen to archive

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