Intel is doing everything possible to be at the forefront of the deployment of 5G networks and it is that has released today, new hardware and software, included its first 10 nanometer system on a chip for wireless base stations. The new Intel Atom P5900 processor is the company's first SoC designed for wireless base stations that are receivers and transmitters radio stations that serve as a hub for local wireless networks.
Experts say that wireless stations are a key early implementation goal for 5G providersas they will be essential to enable faster wireless networks.
That's why Intel is doing its best to dominate the market with the Atom P5900, which is designed to provide higher bandwidth and lower latency.
At a press conference, Dan Rodríguez, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Network Platforms Group, said partners including Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and ZTE Corp will start rolling out the Atom P5900 this year.
Ultimately said, the company intends to establish itself as the market leader in wireless base stations by 2021.
Together with the new Atom P5900, The company also released a new generation of Intel Xeon Scalable processors to its use in network implementations 5G.
Uno of the most notable changes with 5G networks is that much more data will be processed at the edge of the network, where lower latency translates to faster information and more business value.
"5G is a massive inflection point, driving data and new data-driven services," said Rodríguez.
Intel said the new XNUMXnd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors are ideal for this type of task, as offer an average of 42% more performance per dollar than its previous generation chips.
"This is the fastest Xeon ever," said Lisa Spelman, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel's Xeon processor and data center marketing.
Spelman said the second-generation Intel Xeon scalable processor also suitable for artificial intelligence workloads cutting edge, since incorporates Deep Learning Boost technology from the company that helps deliver up to six times the performance of competitive CPU platforms.
The processors have already been deployed by customers including Amazon Web Services Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alibaba on their public cloud platforms, he said.
By staying with AI, Intel also introduced a new structured integrated circuit application specific, or ASIC, which can be customized for specific workloads.
Structured ASICs are an alternative to field programmable gate arrays, which are hardware accelerators that can be reprogrammed on the fly for different tasks. ASICs are just as customizable, but can only be programmed once. Even so, they are much more efficient and better suited for high-volume mass production.
Intel completed its 5G networking portfolio with the launch of its new Ethernet network adapter 700 series that comes with a "hardware-enhanced precision time protocol". Rodríguez said that this last feature provides the ability to maintain precise time synchronization across all networks, which is essential to eliminate latency in financial services, video streaming and emergency services.
Intel said the adapter increases the timing accuracy required for 5G networks through a combination of hardware and software enhancements. It is now sampling and will go into production in the second quarter.
Finally, Intel said it is expanding its Open Network Edge Services software toolkit. OpenNESS is a set of open source reference tools that enables the ecosystem to create and deploy new edge applications and services.
As of today, it now supports standalone deployments of 5GNR and Enhanced Platform Awareness or EPA, which should help customers implement edge-based microservices more easily.