Samsung Electronics announced a new collaboration with AMD to advance 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) for network transformation. This collaboration represents Samsung's continued commitment to enriching the vRAN and Open RAN ecosystems to help operators build and modernize mobile networks with unmatched flexibility and optimized performance.
The two companies have completed several rounds of testing in Samsung's laboratory to verify high-capacity, telecom-grade performance using FDD bands and TDD Massive MIMO broadbands, significantly reducing power consumption.
“This technical collaboration demonstrates Samsung's commitment to providing network flexibility and high performance to service providers by building a larger vRAN and Open RAN ecosystem,” said Henrik Jansson, Vice President and Head of SI Business Group, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung has been at the forefront of developing the full potential of 5G vRAN technology to meet growing demands, and we look forward to collaborating with industry leaders like AMD to provide operators with the capabilities to transform their networks.”
In this joint collaboration, Samsung used its versatile vRAN software integrated with the new AMD EPYC 8004 processors, focused on telecommunications and intelligent edge. During technical verification, EPYC 8004 processors combined with Samsung's vRAN solutions provided server-optimized cellular capacity as well as high energy efficiency.
“By integrating our AMD EPYC processors with Samsung's leading vRAN solution, operators will have a powerful tool with the incredible power efficiency and balanced performance needed for this environment,” said Lynn Comp, corporate vice president of technical marketing, Server Business from AMD. “It’s great to collaborate with Samsung on 5G vRAN solutions to leverage our market-leading products for the data center and address key challenges at the telecommunications edge and RAN environment.”
Samsung will continue to work with AMD to facilitate vRAN and Open RAN acceleration for 5G and drive innovations for next-generation networks.