Nokia - Gordon Milliken (AMD at MWC 2025)

Product Overview - Nokia, AMD, and Hewlett Packard collaborated to create an appliance product line featuring a two-server solution [1] - The appliance deploys Nokia's Packet Core products (control plane and user plane) as VNFs on AMD servers with a lightweight KVM infrastructure [2] - This approach avoids the need for a full OpenStack deployment, reducing the number of servers and infrastructure costs [2][3] - Local automation, deployment, and software updates are managed with Python scripts [3] Performance and Capacity - AMD chipsets provide 30% better performance compared to other systems [4] - Future AMD systems (Gen12) are expected to support over 400 gigabits per second (Gbps) of FWA capacity in a two-server system [5] Target Applications and Value Proposition - Initially intended for edge deployment at service operator customer enterprise locations [3] - Reduced TCO due to fewer servers and lower infrastructure costs makes it suitable for mainstream applications [4] - The solution is valid for both FWA and mobile broadband applications [5]