Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (00:02):
The strategic collaboration between Intel and HPE is accelerating open, ran adoption across the telecom landscape, and today we're joined by Brad Chaddick, director of Business Development Network and Edge Group at Intel and Vijaianand Sundaramoorthy, chief Technologist for Telco Infrastructure at Hewlett Packard Enterprise to explore how their partnership is driving this transformation. Thank you both for joining us. Vijay, tell us about the open ran solution Intel and HPE are demonstrating today.

Vijaianand Sundaramoorthy, HPE (00:32):
Sure. So we have DL onetime Gen 11, which is powered by Intel Zion, scalable process with vRAN Boost enabled a densest four H server in the market today, ized one new platform. It can support up to four PCA slots ranging from Narrowband up to the mid band capacities of the different cell capacities. Brad, do you want to talk about more about Intel processor?

Brad Chaddick, Intel Corporation (00:57):
Absolutely. Thanks VJ and we're happy to be partnering with HPE and powering. This is the fourth generation Intel Z on scalable processor with Intel vRAN Boost. This processor was designed and optimized to run vRAN workloads and one of the things that we did from the previous generation is integrate and external accelerator for the layer one of the V ran software layer stack. So that helps accelerate that. It also reduces some of the components in the overall bomb, making it easier to deliver the platform for the operator. In addition to that, we have some specific instruction sets for V ran. So coupled together with Intel V Ran boost, it delivers up to twice the capacity with about 20% of the power savings versus the third generation Intel Xeon products. One other thing is it supports Intel ethernet 800 series of adapters that are designed for high bandwidth and load latency that comm providers want to see. We've also added advanced timing onto those adapters for greater accuracy and synchronization amongst the clocks, making it a better end user experience as well as lowering the overall TCO for the operator.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (02:10):
So how are HPE and Intel enabling the ecosystem for open ran solutions in the

Brad Chaddick, Intel Corporation (02:14):
Market? So HPE and Intel have been partnering together for a long time on this networking transformation journey, bringing out solutions, but it also takes working with the ecosystem of NS and operating system vendors to bring together the full solution. One thing that we do together is, well, one thing that Intel provides is our flex ran software reference architecture. So we provide to EPS additional features that we can put into software on our next generation of silicon for what's the art of the possible so they could see that and adopt those features in their own software stack. We also work with HPE on what is a verified reference configuration. Fiji is going to go into that a little bit more what's underneath that, but the net of that is when we deliver the hardware platform with a CAS layer to a nep, they could begin testing, developing and accelerating their validation and time to market much quicker with that verified reference configuration.

Vijaianand Sundaramoorthy, HPE (03:14):
Thanks Brad. So as Brad mentioned, we do a verified reference configuration along with Intel. So what we do is basically we take the flexion L one reference implementation from Intel, and then we together work, we optimize the bias configuration, we update the kernel drivers, we ensure that it's latency optimized and it's power optimized before the solution is ready to use by the service providers and network operators.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (03:44):
So what's next? Will HPE and Intel be collaborating on the next gen Telco edge platform?

Vijaianand Sundaramoorthy, HPE (03:51):
We have DL one 10 Gen 11 today, commercially available in the market today, and we are shipping and many customers are already deploying it. We're extending the partners to the next generation. Today we are announcing DL one 10 Gen 12, which is powered by Intel Zion six SOC, which has eight integrated ethernet ports supported by all port support timing. And then we have five SMA ports for timing as well as on onboard GS receiver. Together it supports 16 slots, which can support from narrow bend to mid band capacities. Brad, do you want to add more about intel? SOC?

Brad Chaddick, Intel Corporation (04:26):
Intel is excited to be collaborating with HPE on their new ProLiant DO one 10 Gen 12 system, and our Intel Zon six SOC. This CPU was designed and optimized for networking and edge and supporting use cases like vRAN. So this generation over the previous delivers significantly more performance per watt at a lower TCO. By integrating a lot of accelerators, it supports up to 72 performance cores with a number of accelerators including AI with a MX instructions that help accelerate AI inferencing quick assist technology. If an operator wants to encrypt data on their backhaul to the data center, that helps with that process. We've also integrated Intel ethernet to support up to 200 gigabits per second and up to eight fours. So overall significant performance, we've measured it with our own flex ran reference architecture to show up to 2.4 x the capacity improvement over the current generation. And what that means for an operator is they're able to consolidate all of their usage models down onto a single server. For a European operator, one of the things they ask is they're supporting subscriber basis with two G, 4G and 5G. Now they're able to get that on one server, which is a significant TCO savings for them.

Clarence Reynolds, TelecomTV (05:49):
Thank you both for joining us today.