This week San Jose-based Xilinx announced it’s shipping a T1 Telco Accelerator Card designed for 5G Open RAN networks with a specific focus on simplifying Open RAN fronthaul termination at an open distributed unit (O-DU) and Layer 1 offload.
In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Xilinx’s Mike Wissolik, director of product marketing for the Wired and Wireless Group, said the new card was developed in response to operator demand–a recurring theme in the Open RAN space, which is marked by operators taking a lead role in driving vendors to develop modular, interoperable network infrastructure.
