DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Networking
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Celestica debuts liquid-cooled CPO switch for AI fabrics
DS6005 targets AI network efficiency through Broadcom switch silicon
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Colt, Relativity Networks, NPS deliver hollow-core fiber proof of concept on London network
Connected two Colt network locations in central London
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Credo pushes past copper limits with 1.6T optical cable
ZeroFlap ALC looks to bring copper-class reliability to AI scale-out networks
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Meta details next-gen AI infra: Custom multiterabit switches & unified fabrics
OCP provides a glimpse at the stack set to power Muse agent workloads
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Openreach taps Ciena for 1.6Tbps WaveLogic 6 technology
Optical upgrades will support Openreach's wholesale offering
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HPE to be connectivity provider at next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland
Will deploy Self-Driving Network to provide an up to par experience
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Qualcomm and Huawei sign multi-year patent license agreement spanning 5G, compute, AI, and networking technologies
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed
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ESA picks neXat, Telesat, & Colt for $1.68m Cableshield to backup subsea cable infrastructure
ESA to finance emergency data rerouting system via satellite in the event of subsea cable failure
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Eurofiber and Delft Networks deploy dark-fiber between Rotterdam and Delft for quantum
The companies have deployed the entanglement-ready dark fiber connecting Delft and Rotterdam in a closed loop configuration
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Optical interconnect startup CScale emerges from stealth following investment from Nvidia and Intel
Californian startup raised $145m in Series C funding round
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AT&T follows rival Verizon in tapping Corning for fiber push
New multi-year deal is valued at more than $3 billion
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Pat Gelsinger-backed optical startup raises $27.5m to scale VCSELs for AI links
PicoJool eyes staff growth and low-power micro laser modules
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Samsung to fuel Korean robot ambitions as exclusive AI network provider
AI-RAN, 5G SA partnership with KT and SK Telecom to guarantee Korea's 6G and physical AI foothold in the 2030s
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Lumen launches Intelligent Internet for scalable enterprise experience
Solution designed to help enterprises move data at AI speeds
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Lithography firm Morphotonics targets data center optical component market after raising €40m
Company’s technology currently used to manufacture displays for AR glasses
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Nokia ramps up AI-RAN momentum
As the vendor strikes further carrier partnerships
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GlobalFoundries and Marvell sign multi-year development agreement for optical technologies
Partners will increase silicon germanium capacity at GF’s Burlington, Vermont, facility
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Ciena launches VC fund to back next-gen networking startups
$200 million tranche optical interconnect startup
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Huawei bets big on near-packaged optics with 7.2T module to fuel AI scaling
Vendor champions open NPO play over CPO for AI networks
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Verizon powers American AI with billions-strong Corning fiber deal
Multibillion-dollar deal takes in 80-plus million miles of high-density optical fiber
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GoPro to enter AI data center market via merger with optical photonics company
Company has entered into a merger agreement with Action Acquisitions and Starman Optical
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HPE caps stellar Q3 with Oracle ‘gigawatt scale’ networking deal
Hyperscaler and long-time Juniper user keeps faith, but backlog headaches linger on
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HPE rolls out AI-focused connectivity upgrades at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Hopefully the upgrades, which include a WiFi 7 rollout, bring better results on the pitch for the club
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Microsoft links Azure with AWS for hyperscale harmony
Amazon cloud gets multicloud networking boost
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Optics startup Quintessent secures $40m to revolutionize interconnects for AI
Ciena among backers of DWDM link player using gallium arsenide over supply-chain-constrained indium phosphide
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Could a tiny ‘rainbow’ chip be the key to faster 6G communications?
Scientists develop rice-sized chip for next-gen millimeter-wave connectivity
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Colombia halts construction of 1,600km fiber network in the Amazon
The technical and financial complexity of the deployment has led the government to withdraw the procurement process
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Relativity Networks completes $22m raise, as hollow-core fiber provider secures $40m hyperscaler contract
Follows the company's recent manufacturing milestone with Prysmian