For communications service providers (CSPs), the 5G wireless access network (RAN) space continues to grow strongly in open and virtual networks, with benefits such as the ability to easily build, customize, and manage networks to meet different needs. Compared with traditional RAN, VRAN and OpenRAN-based systems provide a way to guide cloud computing and biotechnology technology and business flexibility. As a result, a growing number of industry-leading companies, such as AMD, are providing solutions that support today's 5G open and virtual networks.
AMD continues to focus on the future of the telecom industry and will return to Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC 2024) in Barcelona from February 26-28 to demonstrate 5G advancements and 6G and AI. This year, AMD will also be working with more software and solution stack industry system partners to showcase solutions at AMD's booth 2M61 in Hall 2.
AMD and Samsung continue to collaborate in the telecom space to deliver a virtual RAN solution with performance-fueled AMD EPYC processors. This solution was demonstrated in a recent end-to-end call between Samsung and Vodafone, which powers Samsung's Open RAN technology with AMD EPYC processors. This industry represents a shared commitment by companies to provide a strengthened Open RAN industry system and high-performance solutions for the telecommunications sector.
Parallel Wireless, a leading innovator in the telecommunications industry, recently announced that its GreenRAN software platform is now CPU-agnostic. In the same press release, the company also announced a partnership with AMD to revolutionize its Open RAN solution with AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, showcasing Parallel Wireless' unique cross-platform capabilities and AMD's performance-per-watt leadership.
AMD has a long history of supporting open, standards-based solutions and will continue to work with key industry partners to support the adoption of Open RAN standards to create a more diverse telecommunications environment.
Ericsson and Telstra are using 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors to bring energy efficiency and modernisation to innovative 5G core functions. According to Ericsson, AMD EPYC processors reduce power consumption by up to 49 percent by powering Ericsson's Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution (CNIS) and combining it with Ericsson's packet-core gateway and packet-core controller solutions.
Napatech and A5G Announce High-Performance, Energy-Efficient Edge Computing Platform for 5G Networks. Powered by AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors, the A5G-NAPATECH platform is designed to meet the needs of modern telco edge deployments, delivering high throughput and superior energy efficiency.
In addition, the NAPATECH SmartNIC is based on the AMD Virtex Ultrascale+ VU9P FPGA, which offloads AMD EPYC processor data traffic and enables the A5G packet core to deliver leading energy efficiency and price/performance for edge computing applications. In addition, A5G Networks announced an industry-leading 1 for 5G Core User Plane Function (UPF) with 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors5 Tbps throughput. At a time when the demand for bandwidth in 5G networks is growing, this major achievement delivers impressive performance.
Dell Technologies recently added support for AMD EPYC 9654P and EPYC 9754 processors in the PowerEdge R7615, which will have Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Level 3 certification for deployment in harsh telecom environments. According to Dell Technologies, the PowerEdge R7615 provides the most dense telecom cloud computing core solution on the market today, simplifying the deployment of core services to the cloud; All of this is possible with the help of just one AMD EPYC processor per server.
As AMD prepares for MWC 2024, AMD also celebrates the second anniversary of the completion of the Xilinx acquisition. This acquisition will continue to create significant synergies as AMD continues to expand its leadership in the telecom and networking space, expanding its product portfolio from processors that guide 5G networks to telecom accelerator cards and self-adapting SoCs that guide wireless infrastructure.
AMD will showcase its advanced technologies in 5G, 6G, VRAN and Open RAN at MWC 2024.
Bringing 5G sophistication and 6G AI together in one device:5G advanced and 6G wireless communication systems require intensive signal processing and novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms on the same device and AI engine to meet latency and throughput requirements. The demonstration demonstrates the low-PHY functionality of the 8T8R 400MHz radio executed in parallel with the ResNet-based image classifier.
AMD self-adapts 5G VRAN :AMD will join SRS, VI**i Solutions, Supermicro and ICANA to bring an end-to-end O-RAN demonstration of AMD chips for radio and VRAN. SRS has implemented a complete software VRAN solution on the Supermicro IoT A+ AMD EPYC 8004 server optimized for telecom applications.
The radio (O-RU) is based on the Zynq RFSOC DFE and features the ZCU670 evaluation board and ICANA's RF front-end. E2E testing is provided by VI**i, which uses the TM500 network tester for UE simulation and the TER**M core network simulator.
Parallel Wireless GreenRAN 5G based on EPYC 8004 series processorsParallel Wireless deploys GreenRAN 5G DU software on AMD EPYC 8004 Series processors.
Parallel Wireless deployments enable easy integration by using the AMD EPYC 8004 Series for a full RAN stack and the AMD T2 Telco Accelerator Card as a FEC accelerator. The solution showcase includes the AMD EPYC 8004 Series energy efficiency, which is expected to deliver up to 20-50% performance improvements over existing solutions.
Monetize AI through carriers:Operators need to accelerate the monetization of their 5G public and private networks. AI provides a path to deploy a wide range of value-added services and applications. The showcase showcases multi-channel, real-time motion and object detection and classification for consumer, retail, and smart city applications.