Nokia will collaborate with NVIDIA on Cloud RAN solutions that leverage the NVIDIA Grace™ CPU superchip for Layer 2+ processing, Nokia’s high-performance and energy-efficient inline Layer 1 (L1) accelerator technology, and Cloud RAN software. In addition, Nokia will use NVIDIA GPUs for AI applications and vRAN acceleration, paving the way for AI-RAN.
The NVIDIA Grace CPU is based on the latest and most advanced Arm Neoverse V2 CPU reference architecture. It delivers incredible performance, energy efficiency, and high-bandwidth connectivity that meets all data center requirements. Nokia customers will benefit from the diversity and choice when selecting CPUs for their Cloud RAN networks.
The announcement is a continuation of Nokia's flexible anyRAN approach, which supports any RAN environment, whether hybrid or cloud-based. It is designed to help customers deploy their Cloud RAN services much faster, eliminating complexity and ensuring openness and flexibility. Nokia's high-performance, energy-efficient online acceleration architecture integrates seamlessly with all leading cloud and server infrastructures. Nokia has successfully conducted end-to-end 5G data calls (Layer 3 calls) in multi-vendor configurations with various partners.
