Ericsson and Supermicro explore cooperation on
innovative 5G bundle for rapid time-to-deployment for multiple AI
edge applications
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JOSE, Calif. and PARIS, June 10,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) -- today announced an intent to
engage in a strategic collaboration to accelerate Edge AI
deployment. The parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to explore the combination of Ericsson Enterprise Wireless
Solutions' industry-leading 5G connectivity with Supermicro's
industry-leading Edge AI platforms into commercial bundles that
will:
- Deliver advanced Edge AI capabilities that leverage 5G network
connectivity as a key value-add attribute
- Simplify procurement and deployment with a unified solution
with pre-validated AI compute and 5G connectivity.
As AI becomes integrated into a wide range of business
functions, many of those AI applications require low-latency
response times. This development is leading to a demand for Edge AI
solutions that deploy pre-trained AI models, generative AI,
and agentic AI to the network edge, outside the data center,
for local processing. The combination of Supermicro and Ericsson
technology is intended to enable businesses in retail, factories,
health care, and others to rapidly deploy Edge AI infrastructure
together with wireless connectivity.
Supermicro continues to expand its extensive portfolio of
infrastructure products supporting Edge AI applications with
product choices ranging from small fanless devices to shoe-box
sized systems to 1U rackmount systems. These new stand-alone
wireless systems can be deployed in diverse environments yet
deliver industry-standard data throughput comparable to wired
systems.
"Supermicro delivers cutting-edge solutions that allow
enterprises to harness the power of AI at the edge," said
Mory Lin, Vice President,
IoT/Embedded & Edge Computing, Supermicro. "Our compute
platforms combined with Ericsson's 5G technology will allow
enterprises and public sector organizations to extend the reach of
their AI applications where wired technologies are not a viable
option, such as smart intersections, industrial manufacturing, and
remote infrastructure."
Ericsson's wireless WAN portfolio of indoor and outdoor
low-and-mid band wireless adapters and their 5G, SD-WAN, and
security appliances are critical components for an enterprise when
traditional wired connectivity may be inconvenient or even
unavailable for some of these edge deployments. In these
situations, 5G can serve as the primary WAN connection or even as a
backup WAN connection for business-critical deployments. With
Ericsson's solution, enterprises will also be able to take
advantage of 5G functionality including network slicing, cellular
intelligence, and zero trust security.
Jonathan Fischer, Vice President,
Global OEM & Embedded Partners at Ericsson says, "Ericsson has
been transforming the WAN edge for almost a decade, allowing
enterprises to connect anything, anywhere with speed and agility.
We are excited to collaborate with Supermicro to extend this
same speed and agility to the emerging Edge AI space. Together, we
have an opportunity to make it easier for enterprises to operate
edge intelligence."
Specific industry applications include:
- Retail: Accelerate checkout processing through real-time
image recognition of items, enhance inventory tracking, and detect
and alert against theft.
- Smart Factory and Industrial Automation: Monitor and
control industrial machinery by locally processing sensor and
camera data.
- Traffic Safety: Enhance traffic safety by data analysis
directly from camera and sensor sources for adaptive real-time
traffic management.
- Healthcare Management: Support healthcare operations
such as just-in-time inventory management to reduce waste and
ensure critical medical supplies are available.
Enterprise customers and system integrators can learn more by
visiting the Supermicro booth # P10, Pavillion 7 at NVIDIA GTC
Paris, June 11-12, 2025. Or by
visiting https://supermicro.com/en/solutions/ericsson for further
solution and product details.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in
Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in
San Jose, California, Supermicro
is committed to delivering first to market innovation for
Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are
a Total IT Solutions manufacturer with server, AI, storage, IoT,
switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro's
motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enables
our development and production, enabling next generation innovation
from cloud to edge for our global customers. Our products are
designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the
Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and
efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental
impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server
Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize for their
exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of
systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that
support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory,
GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions
(air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).
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Computer, Inc.
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