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Open RAN Fails Smell Test as Chinese Equipment Alternative

“Don’t go out and claim that this is an alternative to the Chinese because they’re just as involved,” Strand Consult CEO John Strand said. Read more.

Nvidia Exec: AI Rides on Symbiotic Hardware-Software Relationship

“Nvidia doesn’t just make hardware or software, it’s a full stack company. We build all the layers of software and all the layers of hardware,” Nvidia's Manuvir Das said. Read more.

Netography Scores $45M for Deep Packet Inspection Alternative

CEO Martin Roesch named Vectra AI, Darktrace, and ExtraHop as Netography’s competitors. Read more.

Xilinx Challenges Nvidia's Lock on HPC Market

The chipmaker claims its Alveo FPGAs can go toe to toe with Nvidia's GPU-based accelerators while offering greater compute density, power efficiency, and integrated networking. Read more.

Money Moves: October 2021

Solo.io raised $135 million to reach unicorn status; Cisco acquired replex to bolster its observability platform; and Rakuten Mobile acquired Estmob. Read more.