Author: Alan Weissberger
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Silicon Photonics – Cisco and Intel see “Light at the End of the Tunnel”
Introduction: Among the many presentations on Silicon Photonics (SiPh) at the excellent 2013 Open Server Conference, two were of special interest: Joel Goergen of Cisco called for a radically new data center architecture that used SiPh to interconnect components and modules, rather than circuit cards or racks of equipment. Mario Paniccia of Intel focused on using…
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New FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Faces Challenges in 2014
The Senate voted unanimously to confirm President Obama’s two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), overcoming obstacles by Republican lawmakers, especially TX Senator Ted Cruz. Tom Wheeler was confirmed as FCC Chairman along with Michael O’Reilly as a commissioner. That filled the two F.C.C. seats that have been empty since the previous chairman (Julius Genachowski)…
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Small Cells: A Bright Spot in Dismal Wireless Infrastructure Market
Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2nd quarter 2013 (2Q13) Residential and Enterprise Femtocell Equipment report, which tracks femtocells by market segment, technology, and form factor. 2Q13 FEMTOCELL MARKET HIGHLIGHTS The global 2G/3G/4G residential and enterprise femtocell equipment market grew 4% sequentially in 1Q13, to $115 million, driven by LTE Integrated femtocells are expected to…
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Robot Morality: Can a Machine Have a Conscience? Can It Be On a Higher Moral Ground than Humans?
The SCU Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was fortunate to have Professor George Lucas – Naval Postgraduate School-Monterey, California- address this topic on September 30, 2013. The event was co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley section. Professor Lucas emphasis was on how robot morality pertains to the U.S. military’s increasing reliance on robots, drones and unmanned…
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TC3 Part 3: UNIFI Communications- An Interesting Global VoIP Network Provider
Introduction: UNIFI Communications is not a well known telecom brand name. Yet the company handles one billion minutes of annual global traffic from over 100 million subscribers, through 22 peering locations or “points of presence.” That makes it one of the largest IP, international carriers in the world! The accomplishments, innovations, and future directions from this…