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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 11h
From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Japan’s semiconductor industry held more than half of the global market, ushering in a golden age known as “Hinomaru Semiconductor.” But by 2024, not one Japanese company ranked in the top 10. Here's what happened. www.networkworld.com/article/4074...
The lost 30 years: The decline of Japan's semiconductor industry
Japan once dominated the global semiconductor market. But policy shifts, rigid corporate culture, and the wave of global competition precipitated a 30-year decline. Here’s a look at what happened and ...
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 1d
Monday got off to a bad start for Amazon Web Services users served by the company’s US-EAST-1 region, when a DNS problem rendered the DynamoDB API unreliable, with consequences for many AWS services and customers.

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AWS DNS error hits DynamoDB, causing problems for multiple services and customers
DynamoDB error rates in the US-EAST-1 region soared shortly after midnight Pacific Time, rippling through other AWS services and affecting many customers.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 1d
A core part of the Wi-Fi 8 architecture is an approach known as Ultra High Reliability. The innovation addresses AI application requirements that demand symmetric bandwidth, consistent sub-5-millisecond latency and reliable uplink performance.

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Wi-Fi 8 is coming and it's going to make AI a lot faster
Wi-Fi 8 prioritizes consistent performance under challenging conditions and introduces dynamic spectrum management and hardware-accelerated telemetry designed for AI workloads at the network edge.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 4d
Infineon’s Power & Sensor Systems division is teaming up with Nvidia to upgrade the outdated power architecture of AI data centers and replace them with a centralized high-voltage DC power setup.

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Nvidia, Infineon partner for AI data center power overhaul
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 5d
Chip designer Arm Holdings plc has announced it is joining the Open Compute Project to help address rising energy demands from AI-oriented data centers.

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Arm joins Open Compute Project to build next-generation AI data center silicon
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 5d
This week, Oracle announced what it calls the largest AI supercomputer in the cloud, OCI Zettascale10. The multi-gigawatt architecture links hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to deliver “unprecedented” performance.

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Oracle's big bet for AI: Zettascale10
Oracle’s Zettascale10 supercomputer connects 800,000 Nvidia GPUs for massive-context training and inference.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 11d
Tired of chasing ghost outages? This team turned messy network logs into AI-powered insights that spot problems before users even notice.

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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 12d
Cisco has unwrapped a high-end, 51.2 Tbps router and chip that it says will go a long way toward supporting the distributed AI workloads of today and in the future.

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Cisco seriously amps-up Silicon One chip, router for AI data center connectivity
The Cisco 8223 router is based on the 51.2Tb Silicon One P200 programmable chip.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 12d
"The idea of the quantum computer is brilliant and has been around for a long time, but as of today, we don’t have a quantum computer. It doesn’t exist. It hasn’t been built. Period."

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Fields medalist: 'As of today we have no quantum computer. It does not exist.'
Mathematician Efim Zelmanov, Fields medalist and cryptography expert, warns about the hype generated in the market around quantum computing. "I don't like the culture that exists in this field, which ...
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 13d
Digital Twin technology, used most commonly today in manufacturing environments, has immense promise in enterprise network environments. But there are hurdles that need to be overcome before it becomes mainstream. www.networkworld.com/article/4064...
Network digital twin technology faces headwinds
The management and security benefits of modeling network changes in software can be significant, but barriers must be overcome before the technology becomes more widely deployed.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 15d
IBM has rolled out a cloud-based AI service that can help enterprise customers more efficiently operate and manage complex, multivendor networks.

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IBM offers AI-based cloud service to manage complex networks
IBM Network Intelligence uses AI to gather network telemetry and agents to help with reasoning, root-cause analysis and remediation.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 18d
The recent experience of a seasoned security leader illustrates how fake job offers are increasingly being used as entry points for “pig-butchering” scams.

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That CISO job offer could be a ‘pig-butchering’ scam
IT job recruitment scams now include security leadership roles. One CISO offers a blow-by-blow account of a fake job scam launched in the months after he applied for a position.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 19d
The first integration of the Exium security stack will be into the Netgear PR60x router series. The approach eliminates the traditional separation between networking and security management that forces SMEs to juggle multiple vendors and interfaces.
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Netgear deepens SASE integration
Netgear is embedding firewall software gained in its acquisition of Exium into its router platform to eliminate the need for separate firewall appliances or virtual machines at branch locations.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 19d
Reducing technical debt so OpenStack will be around for the next 15 years
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OpenStack Flamingo pays down technical debt as adoption continues to climb
Security improvements and confidential computing enhancements are also part of OpenStack 2025.2, known as Flamingo.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 22d
Bell Labs is working to bring the quantum age closer by helping make photonic quantum computing a reality.
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Bell Labs, now at Nokia, zeroes in on photonic quantum computing
For a century, Bell Labs has been responsible for one technological breakthrough after another. Now part of Nokia, Bell Labs is setting its sights on the quantum future, pushing the boundaries on phot...
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 25d
Data center provider Equinix has launched its Distributed AI infrastructure, which includes an AI-ready backbone to support high performance distributed AI deployments spanning multiple data center facilities and a global AI Proving Ground to test new solutions.
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Equinix unveils distributed AI infrastructure targeting inferencing, cloud connectivity
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 25d
Cisco has announced a package of prototype software it says will facilitate distributed quantum computing networks and support real-time applications.

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Cisco expands its quantum networking portfolio with new software prototypes
Cisco software includes a compiler that enables quantum workloads to run in distributed environments, including multivendor quantum compute nodes.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 26d
Amazon’s AWS European Sovereign Cloud, set to launch in Germany by the end of 2025, is starting to take shape with the announcement of SAP’s Sovereign Cloud as its latest partner.

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Amazon and SAP partner on European data sovereignty platforms to offer better oversight
Two systems are better than one, say vendors. But what about vendor lock-in?
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 26d
Pure Storage unveiled a raft of platform enhancements at its Pure//Accelerate conference this week, targeting enterprises struggling to manage data across fragmented cloud environments while implementing AI initiatives.

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Pure Storage targets AI complexity with a unified data cloud, Azure integration, and embedded security
New features unveiled at Pure//Accelerate promise easier cloud migration, smarter Kubernetes ops, and built-in threat detection, helping CIOs manage data sprawl and AI risk across hybrid environments.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 27d
Microsoft has announced a new cooling technology for AI chips. The new cooling system uses microfluidics to channel liquid directly inside silicon chips, a breakthrough that could dramatically reshape how data centers manage the rising heat from AI workloads.

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Microsoft’s new cooling tech targets AI’s thermal bottleneck as hyperscalers hit power ceilings
The microfluidic cooling system tested by Microsoft promises up to 3x better heat removal than cold plates, improved power usage, and reduced operational costs.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 29d
AI workloads have fundamentally changed networking requirements, creating an opening that Upscale AI aims to exploit.

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Upscale emerges from stealth with $100 million seed and plans to democratize AI networking
Upscale aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI networking infrastructure with an open solution that builds on SONiC and other standards-based initiatives.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · 29d
The deal provides Nvidia greater access to the x86 ecosystem, important for the enterprise data center market, and provides Intel with access to GPUs that have demand and can move their CPU products as well. www.networkworld.com/article/4061...
Who wins/loses with the Intel-Nvidia union?
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · Sep 19
Nvidia has hired away the CEO and other staff of chip interconnect maker Enfabrica, and licensed its core technologies in a deal worth over $900 million, according to reports from CNBC and The Information.

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Nvidia reportedly acquires Enfabrica CEO and chip technology license
Nvidia intends to combine Enfabrica’s tech stack with its own hardware and software to offer more efficient training clusters for more powerful frontier models, analysts say.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · Sep 19
AI networking startup Upscale emerged from stealth this week with $100 million in funding to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in AI networking infrastructure. www.networkworld.com/article/4060...
Upscale emerges from stealth with $100 million seed and plans to democratize AI networking
Upscale aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI networking infrastructure with an open solution that builds on SONiC and other standards-based initiatives.
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NetworkWorld.com @networkworld.bsky.social · Sep 18
HomeLM: A foundation model for ambient AI

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