Intel and Samsung renew vRAN vows

US chipmaker Intel and Korean electronics giant Samsung have doubled down on their mutual commitment to advance the vRAN paradigm.
Intel’s interest in encouraging as much RAN processing to be done on general-purpose silicon is clear, while Samsung is engaged in a perpetual game of catch-up with the dominant incumbent RAN vendors. So both companies have a strong incentive to make vRAN as viable an alternative to the legacy RAN technology as possible.
They have been collaborating since 2017,