6WIND, a leader in high-performance virtualized networking software, has integrated routing and security features into NVIDIA’s Grace Hopper Superchip and BlueField-3 DPU. This collaboration aims to advance the integration of AI into service provider networks, ensuring they can handle the growing demands of AI traffic, particularly AI inferencing workloads.
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- AI-Driven Network Optimization:
- 6WIND integrates its Virtual Service Router (VSR) product suite with NVIDIA’s platforms to enhance network performance for service providers.
- Key products include User Plane Function (UPF), Virtual Provider Edge (vPE), Virtual Cell Site Router (vCSR), Virtual Security Gateway (vSecGW), and others.
- This integration ensures reduced latency, improved throughput, and better overall network performance, supporting AI capabilities within service provider networks.
- Solving Network Challenges:
- The collaboration addresses critical issues such as increasing network traffic, strengthening security, and incorporating AI into service provider infrastructures.
- With AI capabilities embedded, the solution prepares networks for the surge in AI traffic and improves efficiency and scalability.
- 6WIND’s Demonstration at MWC Barcelona:
- At Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, 6WIND will showcase its distributed UPF solution on NVIDIA’s Grace Hopper Superchip.
- The demo will highlight how the integration of NVIDIA’s AI acceleration technologies with 6WIND’s optimized UPF enables next-gen AI applications, such as real-time data analysis, intelligent automation, and advanced security.
- Distributed UPF and Local Breakout (LBO):
- The distributed UPF with LBO offers power efficiency, enhances network sustainability, and improves Quality of Service (QoS) for AI-driven applications.
- It also reduces transport costs and total cost of ownership (TCO) by consolidating virtual network functions (xNF) onto accelerated hardware, enabling more efficient and cost-effective infrastructure.
- AI-Ready Telco Edge Infrastructure:
- This collaboration empowers telecom service providers to build AI-ready networks that can handle inferencing traffic at scale.
- 6WIND’s dUPF integrated with NVIDIA’s platform offers a highly efficient path to creating AI-optimized telecom networks.
The collaboration between 6WIND and NVIDIA represents a significant leap forward in transforming traditional networks into intelligent, AI-powered platforms. By addressing critical challenges and enhancing network performance, this solution empowers service providers to meet the future demands of AI-driven applications while ensuring scalability and sustainability.
