AMD-powered Dell telco cloud servers to get NEBS certification [Video]

The Dell PowerEdge R7615 features AMD x86 cloud-native CPUs for telco cloud and network in power- and space-constrained environments

At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a primary theme was the accelerating cloudification of telco networks in the move to 5G Standalone and decentralization of compute from the datacenter to the network edge. To facilitate this transition, Dell and silicon partner AMD showcased the latest telco cloud-optimized Dell server featuring AMD’s 128-core EPYC Bergamo processors. 

According to Mike Moore, Dell’s global strategic partner manager for the Telecom Systems Business, the PowerEdge R7615 is set for NEBS certification in April. Network Equipment-Building Systems (NEBS) certification is an important testing program designed to ensure product safety of gear being deployed in telecom networks, including environmental and dynamics testing. 

“The most interesting thing about this is it the densest and most power-efficient server for telecom cloud on the market today,” Moore said, calling out potential 40% increase in power efficiency and a …