5G has rapidly risen to the top of the industry agenda. Leading service providers are working to finalize target network architectures for 5G RAN and mobile edge computing. The shift to virtualization has enabled service providers to host cloud services in large and hyperscale data centers but has not removed the need for localized computing […]
The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components
The shift to cloud services and virtualized networks has put the data center in the middle of our world and meant that connectivity within data centers and between data centers has a huge impact on the delivery of business and personal services. Hyperscale data centers are being installed across the world and these all need […]
Multi-Terabit Switch Chips & Software
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 […]
Multicore Processor & Switch Survey 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 […]
5G/LTE Base Station, RRH, CPE & IoT Components: A Competitive Analysis
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 […]
Universal CPE: The Ultimate CPE Solution?
Universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) systems are generic network appliances that can be provisioned with virtual network functions (VNFs) to support all the networking functions required in a typical enterprise office. uCPE systems are often provided as part of a communications and cloud services solution that can include virtual applications and functions running on servers […]
100/400G Components Survey: 2018 Market Outlook
The demand for 100-400G network interfaces continues to grow rapidly, driven by network virtualization and the shift to cloud services. Within data centers, servers now support 10GE or 25GE interfaces, requiring significant bandwidth through top-of-rack switches and between racks. Many large and hyper-scale data centers already have 100G connections between racks, and operators are already […]
Multicore Processors Accelerating Network Virtualization: A Competitive Analysis
Multicore processors are more important than ever in networking systems due to the shift to virtualized networks using software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). Virtual network functions (VNFs) may be running on servers in the data center, on network appliances platforms at the edge of the network or on universal CPE (uCPE) systems […]
Gfast Rollout Starts With Amendment 3 Chipsets
With governments mandating minimum broadband speeds and users investing in Ultra HD TVs and the latest gadgets, we are seeing rapidly-growing demand for higher-speed fixed broadband. Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which are increasingly using cloud-based services, are also using fixed broadband lines for their main Internet connection or as a backup connection. Mobile data […]
Smart NICs: Accelerating Virtualized Applications
Communications service providers are investing heavily in large and hyper-scale data centers to deliver content, data processing and communications services. The applications delivering these services must have access to high-speed storage and networking, be secure and run in a virtualized environment based on software-defined networking (SDN). Virtualization software, load balancing, encryption, deep packet inspection (DPI) […]
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