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Nvidia Dethrones Intel as Top US Chipmaker

Nvidia's market victory comes as Intel faces increased pressure from competitors. Read more.

Google Committed to CNCF Despite Istio Snub

“I do have deep concerns about the impact of this on the health of the community,” said VMware's Craig McLuckie. Read more.

Verizon Advances 5G Core, Declines to Name Vendors

Verizon didn’t name any vendors involved in its standalone 5G core, and a spokesperson declined to answer a question about whether Nokia is playing a role in that effort. Read more.

Instana Gives Monitoring Platform a Facelift

The release adds support for Nginx web-server tracing, Redis Enterprise and IBM MQ monitoring sensors, custom dashboards, and role-based access control. Read more.

Podcast: SDxCentral Weekly Wrap

Verizon is set to boot Nokia for Samsung; AT&T adds Cisco's SD-WAN; and Ericsson takes off 5G's training wheels. Read more.