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The EBA publishes 2023 list of third country groups and third country branches operating in the EU/EEA

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

The EBA publishes 2023 list of third country groups and third country branches operating in the EU/EEA

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  • The EBA publishes 2023 list of third country groups and third country branches operating in the EU/EEA
    04 October 2023
    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the updated list of all third country groups (TCGs) with intermediate EU parent undertakings IPU(s), where applicable, and the list of all third country branches (TCBs) operating in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA).
  • This publication ensures that market participants have clarity on the direct ownership of the involved institutions.
  • In the course of the 2023 exercise, 461 TCGs from 47 third countries have been identified as operational in the EU/EEA.
  • Moreover, 65 TCGs have branches in the EU/EEA with a total of 105 third country branches of credit institutions operating in the EU/EEA.

Merchant-Built Ethernet SmartNIC Revenues - including DPUs and IPUs -Tripled in the First Half of 2023, Reports Crehan Research

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Monday, October 16, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Revenues for the merchant-built Ethernet smartNIC market, which includes Data Processing Units (DPUs) and Infrastructure Process Units (IPUs), more than tripled year-over-year in the first half of calendar-year 2023, according to a recent report from Crehan Research Inc. This is the second consecutive half-year period in which revenues have more than tripled, resulting in merchant-built Ethernet SmartNICs now comprising over 20% of total merchant-built server-class Ethernet NIC market revenue (see accompanying chart).

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  • This is the second consecutive half-year period in which revenues have more than tripled, resulting in merchant-built Ethernet SmartNICs now comprising over 20% of total merchant-built server-class Ethernet NIC market revenue (see accompanying chart).
  • "Up until recently, the SmartNIC market ramp was driven by a couple of the largest hyper-scale cloud service providers building their own proprietary SmartNICs for in-house deployments," said Seamus Crehan, president of Crehan Research.
  • "But now, with the ramp of merchant-built SmartNICs, we are moving toward broader market and customer adoption of these products."
  • Intel's strong IPU growth helped propel its total server-class Ethernet NIC revenue market share (Foundational/Performance NICs and SmartNICs) to the top position for merchant-built server-class Ethernet NICs.

Napatech Leaps Into Market For Data Center Infrastructure Processing Units

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

IPUs meet the most demanding challenges of modern data center designs without compromise, including:

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  • IPUs meet the most demanding challenges of modern data center designs without compromise, including:
    Performance: hardware-based, line-rate forwarding with sophisticated packet processing.
  • "The value of processing infrastructure applications on a dedicated computing system is widely recognized by hyperscale cloud service providers," said Vlad Galabov, director and head of Omdia's Cloud and Data Center Research Practice.
  • "Napatech is pleased to have reached this important milepost in our collaboration with Intel," said Henrik Brill Jensen, CEO of Napatech.
  • "Our collaboration with Napatech is an indication of our commitment to expanding our leadership in infrastructure processing in data center networks," said Jim Dworkin, Vice President and General Manager of the Cloud & Enterprise Acceleration Division at Intel.

Napatech launches 5G User Plane Function offload solution on its Intel Agilex® FPGA-based 400Gbps SmartNIC

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Within the 5G packet core, the UPF subsystem represents the highest compute workload, performing critical packet inspection, routing and forwarding functions.

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  • Within the 5G packet core, the UPF subsystem represents the highest compute workload, performing critical packet inspection, routing and forwarding functions.
  • "Launching our UPF offload solution on the new NT400 SmartNIC extends the benefits that the solution delivers to network operators," said Charlie Ashton, senior director of business development, Napatech.
  • "We are delighted to see Napatech introduce their offload solutions on their Intel Agilex-based SmartNIC," said Mike Fitton, Vice President, Programmable Solutions Group and General Manager, Network Business Division at Intel.
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Napatech Leverages Latest Intel Agilex® FPGA to Launch Industry's first 400Gbps SmartNIC Solutions

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The new Napatech NT400 SmartNIC platform, based on the Intel® FPGA SmartNIC N6000-PL Platform, addresses this need through a PCIe Gen 4 16-lane host interface which enables full-duplex 2x100Gbps traffic between network ports and host applications.

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  • The new Napatech NT400 SmartNIC platform, based on the Intel® FPGA SmartNIC N6000-PL Platform, addresses this need through a PCIe Gen 4 16-lane host interface which enables full-duplex 2x100Gbps traffic between network ports and host applications.
  • "The NT400 platform represents the latest generation within our portfolio of SmartNIC solutions," said Jarrod Siket, Chief Marketing Officer at Napatech.
  • "We are delighted to see Napatech choose the Intel Agilex 7 FPGA for their leading-edge SmartNIC solutions," said Mike Fitton, Vice President Programmable Solutions Group and General Manager, Network Business Division at Intel.
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NeuReality Appoints Intel Exec Ilan Avital as Chief R&D Officer

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel-based AI semiconductor company NeuReality, developer of high-performance AI Inference solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ilan Avital as the company's Chief R&D Officer. An Intel veteran, Avital brings a wealth of experience leading the development and commercialization of advanced networking solutions for data centers and cloud, and joins NeuReality in advance of a substantial growth period, with the company on the verge of delivering its innovative Network Addressable Processing Unit (NAPU) – a crucial component built for AI-centric servers, and a game-changer for complex generative AI and Large Language Model applications.

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel-based AI semiconductor company NeuReality , developer of high-performance AI Inference solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ilan Avital as the company's Chief R&D Officer.
  • Avital most recently served as Vice President and Head of Engineering for Intel's Data Center Networking Division, managing over 1,000 engineers globally.
  • During an Intel career spanning 29 years, Avital has managed several generations of Ethernet technologies and led the development of Intel's networking product lines for enterprise, data centers and cloud.
  • NeuReality intends to double the number of employees in the coming year in order to support the anticipated rapid commercialization of its groundbreaking technology.

Napatech and Jabil Collaborate on Innovative Server Platform for High-Bandwidth, Low-Latency Fintech Applications

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Jabil's new J322-S server addresses these challenges through pre-validated network adapter configurations that include the Napatech NT100 and NT200 SmartNICs, which perform low-latency lossless networking at 100Gbps and 200Gbps respectively.

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  • Jabil's new J322-S server addresses these challenges through pre-validated network adapter configurations that include the Napatech NT100 and NT200 SmartNICs, which perform low-latency lossless networking at 100Gbps and 200Gbps respectively.
  • We are delighted that Jabil has selected our SmartNICs to ensure the performance, reliability and data integrity delivered by their J322-S server in Fintech use cases."
  • The collaboration between Jabil and Napatech ensures organizations can deploy a high performance platform suitable for a wide range of demanding Fintech applications."
  • The Jabil J322-S server is available now in a configuration with either the Napatech NT100 or NT200 SmartNIC.

Argonne National Laboratory makes Graphcore Bow IPUs available to researchers worldwide

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

BRISTOL, England, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is making the latest generation of Graphcore Bow IPUs available - for free - to scientific researchers around the world.

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  • BRISTOL, England, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is making the latest generation of Graphcore Bow IPUs available - for free - to scientific researchers around the world.
  • This is the second Graphcore system to be installed at Argonne National Laboratory, which has previously offered Mk1 IPUs as part of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF).
  • Graphcore systems are also being used by US DoE's Sandia National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
  • IPUs have previously been used by Sandia National Laboratory to accelerate the training of GNNs in computational chemistry.

Orthogone and Napatech collaborate to deliver state-of-the-art, ultra-low latency FPGA-based SmartNIC platform for high-frequency trading applications

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

MONTREAL and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Orthogone Technologies, a leading provider of ultra-low latency FPGA solutions and intellectual property (IP) licenses for FPGA, ASIC, or ASSP designs, and Napatech™ (OSLO: NAPA.OL), the leading provider of programmable Smart Network Interface Cards (SmartNICs) and Infrastructure Processing Units (IPU) used in cloud, enterprise and telecom datacenter networks, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a state-of-the-art SmartNIC platform for high-frequency trading (HFT) applications.

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  • Orthogone's FPGA development environment and Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) FPGA IP cores, deployed on Napatech's NT200 programmable SmartNIC, enable the development of such applications running at 644 MHz, resulting in ultra-low latency performance.
  • In addition to setting new standards for ultra-low latency networking applications, this solution can significantly accelerate the design and time-to-market of high-performance financial applications."
  • "The collaboration between Orthogone and Napatech results in a platform that enables developers to minimize the latency of their HFT applications and shave critical nanoseconds off their transaction times."
  • Interested companies are invited to contact Orthogone and Napatech to evaluate the benefits of the HFT platform for their specific applications and/or use cases.

Intel Accelerates 5G Leadership with New Products

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Intel vRAN Boost allows operators to consolidate all base station layers on a common virtualized platform.

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  • Intel vRAN Boost allows operators to consolidate all base station layers on a common virtualized platform.
  • Today, Intel announced a range of products and solutions driving this transition and broad industry support from leading operators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs).
  • Additionally, Intel provides the unique ability to further optimize cost and power across customers’ 400G infrastructure solutions through Intel eASIC structured ASICs.
  • Visit the Intel Booth at MWC 2023 and don’t miss its technology demo showcases on building 5G networks and delivering 5G services, featuring voices from industry partners including Dell, Ericsson, Microsoft and Verizon, among others.