On September 24, Intel's thematic forum "Empowering the Original Force of Communication, Intelligence and Computing to Shape the Digital Core Future" was successfully held at the 2025 China International Information and Communication Exhibition. At the forum, Intel not only conducted in-depth analysis on network edge products but also invited ecological partners to share wonderful insights on practical solutions such as wireless networks and media applications.
Ruan Bochao, General Manager of Intel China's Network and Edge Business Unit, stated: "We are entering an era where everything is connected and intelligence is ubiquitous. Networks and edge are not only entry points for data but also key nodes for intelligent applications. Currently, emerging growth models represented by low-altitude economy, mobile intelligent agents, smart transportation, and precision manufacturing are placing increasingly higher demands on the AI capabilities of networks and edge. Intel is committed to providing customers with sustainably evolvable infrastructure solutions through underlying chip innovation. The intelligent computing platform built based on the Xeon 6 System-on-Chip (SoC) is the core embodiment of this strategy—it is not only a technological breakthrough but also a positive response to the industrial intelligent transformation."
At the forum, Intel conducted in-depth technical analysis on the Xeon 6 SoC and network controller products, demonstrating its innovative solutions and performance improvements for network and edge applications.
As Wu Jinghua, Customer Support Manager of Intel China's Network and Edge Business Unit, mentioned in her speech, the Intel Xeon 6 SoC specially designed for 5G edge and telecom network applications combines the computing chiplets of the Xeon 6 processor, integrating high computing power, high bandwidth, high-concurrency AI, and high energy efficiency into one. It meets users' strict requirements for data processing, network management, and service delivery. By combining Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) and Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), it increases AI RAN performance by up to 3.2x compared to the previous generation¹, and redefines performance standards without the need for independent accelerators. Thanks to Intel vRAN Boost technology, it delivers up to 2.4x higher Radio Access Network (RAN) capacity² and a 70% improvement in performance per watt³ compared to previous generations. Notably, through the integration of Intel Media Transcoding Accelerator, it also achieves a performance-to-power ratio improvement of up to 14.25x⁴ in video transcoding, providing near-real-time experiences for live broadcast scenarios such as sports and games with lower energy consumption.
The Intel Ethernet Controller E830 provides leading performance, manageability, and interoperability, while enabling simplified design and cost reduction through an open architecture. This product maintains driver compatibility with the previous-generation E810, ensuring software consistency across multiple generations of products, thereby enabling the modernization of data centers in a simpler and smoother manner. The Intel Ethernet Controller E610 embodies decades of Intel's technological accumulation, achieving breakthrough innovations through 10GBASE-T and 2.5GBASE-T connection technologies, reliability, and power-optimized architecture. Both the E830 and E610 controllers adopt a modern standardized encryption security system centered on Hardware Root of Trust (RoT), and comprehensively enhance Ethernet security through device authentication and secure firmware update functions.
Amid the wave of digital transformation, Intel, relying on its profound accumulation in hardware, software, and platform solutions, provides a set of standardized and highly versatile end-to-end solutions for network and edge applications. Through a unified platform across cloud, edge, and endpoint domains, it helps operators and industry users transform toward intelligence.
As AI deployment accelerates from the cloud to the edge, Intel, with its extensive AI product portfolio, brings leading inference capabilities directly to host CPUs, injecting powerful computing power into edge intelligence. The Intel Network Edge AI Development Kit, built on high-performance CPUs, provides a customized AI framework for the network edge. It features fast inference performance, easily handling high-concurrency and low-latency scenarios. At the same time, the kit is equipped with simple and easy-to-use deployment and development tools, helping network edge AI applications land faster and operate more efficiently, and accelerating the industrial intelligent process.
In the field of network security, Intel also provides open network security reference software, enabling enterprises to use AI technology more easily. Facing the future, Intel will continue to uphold the concept of collaboration, optimize use cases with partners, and help more enterprises better promote efficient and intelligent business development.
On top of the hardware foundation, Intel also continues to iterate and develop FlexRAN software, launching the new FlexRAN 25.07 version in July. On the Xeon 6 chip platform, this version further improves RAN processing performance, giving full play to the advantages of the CPU's 5G-ISA instructions and vRAN Boost accelerator, and supporting more cell configurations and wireless features. While continuously enhancing 5G functions, FlexRAN also strengthens support for 4G with the help of vRAN Boost's support for 4G Turbo codec, better meeting the market demand for 4G/5G dual-mode.
Through close collaboration with operators and industry partners, and continuous investment in innovative technologies, Intel is gradually exploring new paths for building more efficient and intelligent future networks based on a unified platform. In the future, Intel will continue to work with ecological partners to promote the continuous development and innovation of network and edge applications, and help expand the industrial ecosystem.
(Reprinted from https://news.eccn.com/）