Beijing, April 9, 2021 / PR Newswire /-- Intel recently announced the launch of the latest third-generation Intel®Extremely strong®Scalable processors (codenamed "Ice Lake"), including new "N-Series" products optimized for networks and proven solution blueprints designed to accelerate time to market. Compared to the previous generation, the new "N-Series" achieved an average performance improvement of 62% over a range of widely deployed 5G and network workloads. Intel also announced that it has begun to sample the next generation of Intel built for the edge environment with limited space and power supply.®Extremely strong®D processor.
Dan Rodriguez, vice president and general manager of the Network platform Division of Intel, said, "with the introduction of the new third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors for network optimization, we are further unlocking the unlimited capabilities of 5G and the smart edge. The latest third-generation processors and platform-level products are designed to support a variety of network environments and are designed to help global communications service providers achieve new breakthroughs in network innovation and create richer consumer and business scenarios. "
With the continuous expansion of 5G network and the rise of intelligent edge, network infrastructure and technology also need to evolve. As a leading provider of network chips, Intel not only provides a comprehensive set of network technologies to facilitate network transformation, but also fosters the broadest and tested ecosystem, giving customers more choices to accelerate deployment.
The new series of network optimization is ideal for wireless core networks, wireless access networks, network edge loads and security devices. At the same time, the new N-Series products cover a wide range of core numbers, frequencies, characteristics and power consumption, and provide lower latency, higher throughput and reliable performance for the network transformation requirements of service providers.
At the same time, security is critical to 5G networks. Integrated with Intel®The third-generation Xeon processor of the software protection extension (SGX) supports secure channel settings and communication between 5G control functions. At the same time, built-in password operation hardware acceleration can eliminate the impact of full data encryption on performance and improve the performance of encryption-intensive workloads.
Third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors can work with Intel's platform-level products and software-including Intel® FPGA, Intel®Ethernet 800 Series Adapter, Intel®Proudly persistent memory, FlexRAN, OpenNESS, Open Vision Cloud and Intel®Smart Edge-used together to take full advantage of processor performance and help customers achieve optimized total cost of ownership.
The Agilex 10nm FPGA, which now ships with nearly twice the performance per watt of its competitors' 7nm devices, is used in wireless core networks and access networks, providing them with infrastructure acceleration and other valuable features to complement the core and access network workloads running on Intel Xeon scalable processors.
As customers have to keep up with the growing demand for data, a flexible infrastructure is critical. The third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors for network optimization are designed to support a variety of service provider network environments and are optimized for a variety of workloads, such as:
- 5GWireless core network:With Intel's third-generation Xeon scalable processors, Intel has shown that communications service providers can get up to 42%[1]The 5G UPF is improved. Combined with Intel Ethernet 800 Series adapters, this powerful combination provides performance, efficiency, and reliability for use cases that require low latency, including augmented reality, cloud-based games, discrete automation, and even robot-assisted surgery.
- Japan Rakuten Mobile:Japan's Rakuten Mobile is working with Intel to take full advantage of the new features of the third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors in its next-generation mobile cloud platform servers. These servers will be used to support a variety of workloads within central and regional data centers.
- SK Telecom：With the help of third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors, Ethernet adapters and optimized NFV solutions, SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile operator, can now accelerate the deployment of the latest technology in the core network and the entire 5G network, further helping its users enjoy a stable 5G quality of service
- VRAN：As operators virtualize the wireless access network (vRAN), in order to improve agility, they rely on 5G large-scale multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) to improve capacity and throughput. With Intel's latest Xeon processors, Ethernet 800 series adapters and Intel vRAN dedicated accelerators, customers can achieve twice the large-scale MIMO throughput under similar power envelopes and get the best 3x100MHz 64T64R vRAN configuration of their kind.[1]。
- Verizon：Verizon has been a leader in virtualizing the entire network, including RAN. Intel Xeon processors provide Verizon with the processing performance it needs to achieve its end-to-end virtualization goals, and advances in this chip provide vRAN with higher capacity and efficiency.
- Vodafone:Vodafone works with partners to build an agile and flexible mobile network using state-of-the-art technology to put open RAN into commercial use. Intel is a long-term partner of Vodafone, bringing a diversified innovation ecosystem. The latest third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors are excellent examples of high-performance technology that helps Vodafone handle the 5G large-scale MIMO workflows involved in open RAN development.
- CDN：With third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors and the latest Intel Aoten persistent memory, customers can achieve up to 1.63 times higher throughput and up to 33% increase in memory capacity, thus being able to serve the same number of users at a higher resolution, or more users at the same resolution.[1]。
- AT&T：Since 2016, AT&T has been working with Intel as a strategic technology partner to provide a scalable, standards-based infrastructure to meet the growing demand for high-definition live content. Combined with high-performance third-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors and energy-efficient Intel Aeon persistent memory, AT&T can increase CDN capacity with fewer nodes and significantly reduce the total cost of ownership.
AboutIntel ®Select solutionIntel announced updates to its solutions for vRAN, visual cloud delivery network and NFVI forwarding platform, optimized for network load, providing pre-tested and validated configurations to accelerate development and simplify infrastructure deployment. These solutions are jointly developed with a number of software partners, including Red Hat and Wind River. At the same time, Intel is also working with a number of Intel Network Builder ecosystem partners to validate their products for these solutions, including Asustek, Advantech Technology, Huihe, Intequus, Intel, Lidian Technology, Lenovo, Nexcom, QCT, American Ultra Micro computer and ZT Systems.
About the new generation of Intel XeroxDProcessor:The processor codenamed "Ice Lake-D" is designed for higher density, limited size, rugged edge devices. Currently, Intel is testing these processors and working with a wide range of customers and partners, including developing network products with Cisco, developing FlexRAN-based vRAN solutions with American ultraminicomputers, and developing next-generation RAN products with Rakuten Mobile to meet the demand for higher capacity.
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