Network Break 439: Ethernet Gets Ultra Injection For AI; Huawei Climbs The Patent Charts

Take a Network Break. This week we cover multiple follow-ups, and then discuss the launch of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium and its intention to revamp Ethernet to support AI and High Performance Computing (HPC) workloads. NOS startup Arrcus pulls in a $65 million series D round, Fortinet launches big-iron firewalls, and Huawei flexes its patent muscles in 5G and wireless.

The IETF rolls out the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol to help protect group messaging, and infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick dies at age 59.

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Microsoft Azure AD is being renamed Entra ID. The original Microsoft Active Directory is keeping its name.

Compare Active Directory to Azure Active Directory – Microsoft

Intel is walking away from the NUC, but ASUS is taking it up.

Intel and ASUS Agree to Term Sheet to Take Intel NUC Systems Product Line Forward – Intel

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Leading Cloud Service, Semiconductor, and System Providers Unite to Form Ultra Ethernet Consortium – Linux Foundation

Overview of and Motivation for the Forthcoming Ultra Ethernet Consortium Specification – Ultra Ethernet Consortium

The age of Ultra Ethernet – Broadcom

AMD Founding Member of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium – AMD Community

Hitachi Boosts Arrcus Series D to $65 million – Futuriom

Networking leader Arrcus continues 100%+ CAGR business growth, raises $50M led by Prosperity7 Ventures, to continue leadership in 5G, data center and multi-cloud networking markets – Arrcus

New FortiGate 3200F and 900G Drive Efficiencies, Improve Security, and Unify Management Across the Entire Hybrid Network  – Fortinet

Huawei announces royalty rates for its patent license programs – Huawei

Who Are the World’s Largest Patent Holders? – NASDAQ

Messaging Layer Security is now an internet standard – Mozilla

Messaging Layer Security: Secure and Usable End-to-End Encryption – IETF

New MLS protocol provides groups better and more efficient security at Internet scale – IETF

The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Architecture – IETF

RFC 9420 – The Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Protocol – IETF

RIP Kevin Mitnick: Former most-wanted hacker dies at 59 – The Register