As the daffodils bloom and spring approaches, Barcelona will once again be home to MWC events. GSMA Intelligence predicts that by 2030, there will be 6.3 billion unique mobile subscribers worldwide, 5 billion 5G connections worldwide, and the number of connected IoT devices will reach 15 billion within two years. It is no exaggeration to call it a mobile network. It touches and influences everyone’s personal and professional life.
This year’s MWC will be held midway through the 5G deployment cycle. The initial 5G network has been deployed and is transitioning to 5G Advanced, which runs on a network slicing-enabled standalone network that enables the entire 5G vision and capabilities.
O-RAN appears to be gaining foothold and moving beyond innovator-driven greenfield deployments to mainstream traditional vendors and Tier 1 operators. With his core 5G engineering and specifications complete, initial deployment is expected around 2030 when the technical foundations and first specifications are complete, but now he’s talking about 6G.
Now the focus shifts to applications and users. Connectivity is just a means to an end, and the end is applications and experiences. Whether it’s network operations, customer relationships, or applications, AI is ubiquitous.
Supermicro is demonstrating solutions that align with the MWC themes of Connect Everything, Manufacturing DX, Humanizing AI, and Digital DNA.
A pioneer in O-RAN connectivity, Supermicro offers products that incorporate chipsets from all major semiconductor vendors (i.e. Intel, AMD, ARM, Nvidia), providing mobile customers seeking supplier diversity. Meet the demands of network operators.
Supermicro will be exhibiting at the booth (#2D35) Highly integrated and cost-optimized Intel 4th XEON generation with vRAN boost and Samsung’s recently introduced AMD EPYC-based Siena solution.
Supermicro is also showcasing its Nvidia Grace-Hopper solution, which is gaining interest for its ability to support both O-RAN and Edge AI applications. The product is based on ARM solutions and is also being demonstrated at ARM, Fujitsu, NEC and SynaxG stands.
Supermicro has a complete line of products supporting 5G Core, deployed in collaboration with partners Rakuten Symphony and data center operations. Featured products include sonic switches, storage for AI data sets, and rack-scale multi-node servers incorporating Nvidia Hopper or AMD MI3000 GPUs.
IoT Super Server SYS-111E-FWTR (left) and IoT Super Server SYS-E403-13E-FRN2T (right)
Closer to the edge and still connected, Supermicro has a live demo based on its Celona private network solution. Supermicro introduces edge cloud RAN solution powered by WindRiver on AMD EPYC 8004.
Many edge customers want to use servers on-premises while leveraging hyperscale cloud solutions. To this end, Supermicro is highlighting his AWS Anywhere for 5G Edge, which allows businesses to run AWS Edge cloud solutions on his Supermicro servers.
They are often deployed in manufacturing and Industry 4.0 environments and can respond very quickly to inputs near where the data is generated, while also reducing network traffic to on-premises or cloud data centers.
In line with MWC’s “Humanising AI” theme, Supermicro features large language models (LLM), retail-oriented generative AI at the edge, interactive collaboration with partners NVIDIA, Eviden, and Store Genius, and a voice-based digital concierge. I am. Looks like it’s highly rated.
The core tenet of the “Our Digital DNA” MWC theme is sustainability. Supermicro is a pioneer and leader in green computing and introduces several liquid cooling solutions. Liquid-cooled data centers operate at significantly higher power and real estate efficiencies while allowing for additional heat recovery opportunities.
In summary, Supermicro is collaborating with partners to introduce several solutions and highlight the direction of edge computing. The benefit of the latest technology breakthroughs is that they enable more intelligent decision-making closer to where the data is generated, and advances in high-end computing technology in data centers. From 2024 onwards, the way we use, absorb and make decisions will change.
For more information about Supermicro’s Telco 5G Core, 5G RAN, 5G Platform and 5G Server Solutions, please visit: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/5g
