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Amazon’s Project Kuiper Takes Off With Heavy-Lift Rocket Launch Deals for its Low Earth Satellite Network Aiming to Increase Global Broadband Access

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Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss explores the news from Amazon’s Project Kuiper announcing the signing of contracts with three rocket companies to provide heavy-lift launch services of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in what is being touted as the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history. Amazon’s Project Kuiper expects to send some 3,200+ satellites skyward on about 83 launches over the next five years to get rural broadband services up and running across the globe, helping to address the digital divide in much-needed ways.

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AMD’s $1.9B Acquisition of Pensando Aims to Help AMD Take Even More Workloads off CPUs for Increased Performance for Customers

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Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss explores AMD’s latest planned acquisition – the $1.9 billion purchase of Pensando Systems – and analyzes how the addition of the programmable packet processor and software specialist will also likely bolster AMD’s recent acquisition of FPGA chip maker Xilinx.

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LeadershIP 2022 Sheds A Light on Critical IP, Innovation, National Security Challenges

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LeadershIP 2022 shed a light on critical IP, innovation, and national security challenges. Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman discusses this year’s event, which focused on geopolitical issues related to tech leadership, why standards’ leadership is critical for national security, and the intersection of IP, big-tech, and antitrust.

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Rogers Communications and Ericsson Advance 5G SA Network Cause with Nationwide Rollout in Canada

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Rogers Communications and Ericsson collaborate to deliver Rogers 5G Standalone services nationwide across Canada, forming the basis for Rogers’ claim of launching Canada’s first commercially available 5G SA network. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the Rogers 5G SA network deployment shows the commercial viability of using key 5G SA capabilities, such as 5G core programmability and 5G RAN slicing, and is a sound indicator of the use cases, such as dedicated private networks, consumer AR/VR, public safety, and 5G-IoT, that encapsulate the best 5G monetization prospects.

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Qualcomm’s New QCS7230 Chip — Expands its Vision Intelligence Platform and is Way Smarter Than You Think

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Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Qualcomm’s QCS7230 chip, an addition to its Vision Intelligence Platform adding solutions that are more affordable, offer better resolution and provide enhanced intelligence at the edge for surveillance strategies and beyond. Mike also explores the Global Physical Security market and what he expects to see in terms of continued convergence in that market moving forward.