Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced plans for an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform based on Cisco and NVIDIA silicon is intended to form the foundation for enterprise AI workloads ….
Emerald Invests in NLM Photonics Data Center Efficiency
January 29, 2025 by
SEATTLE, January 29, 2025 – Emerald, a venture capital company, has invested in NLM Photonics to help bring energy-efficient, high performance electro-optic modulation technology to AI, data centers, quantum computing, and more. Other investors include Oregon Venture Fund, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd., Pack Ventures, StoryHouse Ventures, and other existing NLM investors to support NLM’s […]
Alibaba, Apple and Synopsys Join Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium Board
January 14, 2025 by
Beaverton, Ore. – Jan. 14, 2025 – The Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, developer of the UALink for AI clusters, has announced the expansion of its board of directors with the election of Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd., Apple Inc., and Synopsys Inc. UALink said the new board members will share their industry knowledge for development and […]
ORNL Partners with EPB to Test Quantum Network Protection
January 13, 2025 by
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory joined with network services provider EPB of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to demonstrate the first transmission of an entangled quantum signal using multiple wavelength channels and automatic ….
Photonic Interconnect: Lightmatter Joins UALink Consortium
December 18, 2024 by
Dec. 18, 2024, MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. –Photonic interconnect company Lightmatter has joined the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium (UALink), an industry initiative focused on creating high-speed, low-latency open interconnect standards for scale-up AI systems. As a Contributor member, Lightmatter will apply its Passage technology—a 3D-stacked photonic engine—for accelerator-to-accelerator communication, enabling unprecedented performance in AI clusters. The UALink […]
Optical Interconnect: Ayar Labs Secures Investments from AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA in $155M Round
December 11, 2024 by
SAN JOSE – Dec. 11, 2024 – Ayar Labs, an optical interconnect company for large-scale AI workloads, today announced it has secured $155 million in financing led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $370 million and raises the company’s valuation to above $1 billion. The strength of the […]
CXL Consortium Releases 3.2 Specification
December 3, 2024 by
Dec. 3, 2024 – Beaverton, Ore. – The CXL Consortium, an industry standard body focused on coherent connectivity, announces the release of its Compute Express Link (CXL) 3.2 Specification. The 3.2 Specification optimizes CXL Memory Device monitoring and management, enhances functionality of CXL Memory Devices for OS and Applications, and extends security with the Trusted […]
5G-6G: BeammWave Announces Second Customer
November 15, 2024 by
Nov. 15, 2024 — Advanced communications technology company BeammWave AB has announced that an undisclosed customer has placed an order on the Advanced Development Platform (ADP1) to evaluate BeammWave’s patented digital beamforming concept and products. BeammWave is focused on communication solutions for frequencies over 24GHz and is building a solution intended for 5G and 6G, […]
Lightmatter and Amkor Technology Partner on 3D Photonics Package
November 14, 2024 by
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 — Photonic supercomputing company Lightmatter today announced a strategic partnership with Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR), a provider of semiconductor packaging and test services, to create the largest-ever 3D-packaged chip complex utilizing Lightmatter’s innovative Passage platform. This collaboration harnesses Lightmatter’s groundbreaking 3D-stacked photonic engine along with Amkor’s advanced multi-die packaging expertise to […]
NetBrain Updates Platform for AI-Powered Network Operations
November 14, 2024 by
BURLINGTON, Mass., November 14, 2024 – NetBrain Technologies, Inc., a provider of no-code network automation and dynamic mapping solutions for hybrid-cloud networks, announced the launch of Next-Gen Release 12 (R12), an update to its flagship platform. New capabilities include a GenAI LLM Co-Pilot to assess, orchestrate and summarize network automation results with natural language, and Golden Engineering […]
