Samsung has completed the industry’s first commercial call using its virtualized RAN (vRAN) on a Tier 1 U.S. operator’s live network. Powered by an Intel Xeon 6 SoC with up to 72 cores, the vRAN is designed to accelerate AI-native, 6G-ready networks, delivering higher performance and improved efficiency. This milestone builds on Samsung’s 2024 achievement of completing an end-to-end call in a lab environment with the same Xeon 6 SoC.
The vRAN ran on a single HPE commercial off-the-shelf server using a Wind River cloud platform, consolidating multiple network functions—mobile core, radio access, transport, and security—onto one server. With Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) and vRAN Boost, the deployment delivered improved AI processing, memory bandwidth, and energy efficiency compared with previous generations. This setup demonstrates the feasibility of single-server vRAN deployments for live, commercial networks.
By enabling consolidation of RAN and AI workloads on fewer servers, operators can simplify site management, reduce power consumption, and lower capital and operational expenditures. The approach supports software-driven, flexible architectures that are AI-ready and scalable, helping networks move toward automation and preparing them for next-generation 6G capabilities.
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Samsung Electronics
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