Intel announces new products which will help develop the 5G cloud

Intel announces new products which will help develop the 5G cloud.

More and more devices are being connected every day, as an ever growing number of people across the world buy smartphones and tablets and we start to see the birth of the Internet of Things.

But with that comes an ever growing demand for network resources and today’s networks aren’t designed in such a way that their infrastructure can be quickly and affordably expanded.

That’s a problem and it’s vitally important that 5G networks are more flexible and expandable, as the growth and demand for mobile data is expected to skyrocket in the coming years.

Intel may have a solution though, as it’s working with industry leaders like Cisco and Verizon to move towards more flexible and responsive networks today, while laying the foundations for even more flexible 5G networks.

It’s doing this by offering new products and technology designed to increase network capabilities and bandwidth.

This includes the Intel Xeon processor D-1500 product family, which is designed to lay the foundations for extending intelligence from the network core to the edge, in order to provide improved performance and lower latency.

Then there’s the Intel Ethernet Multi-host Controller FM10000 family, which offers up to 200Gbps of high-bandwidth multi-host connectivity and multiple 100 Gigabit Ethernet ports, designed to deliver exceptional packet processing capabilities and significantly reduced performance bottlenecks in moving network traffic.

There’s also the Intel Ethernet Controller X550 family, which is a low-power and cost-effective 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity solution, designed to offer a performance boost to data centre servers and network appliances.

But as well as creating these networking products Intel is also driving the ecosystem, with the creation of the Intel Network Builders program, which now includes over 180 companies.

Sandra Rivera, vice president, Data Centre Group and general manager, Network Platforms Group, Intel, said: "Networks are facing extraordinary demands as more devices become connected and new digital services are offered.

"Building intelligence throughout the communications infrastructure and using a standards-based approach offers service providers the foundation to build agile, cloud-ready networks that allow them to expand their services capabilities."