Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Buzzwords have a limited life before the vendors need to make up something else to invoice you for. 




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From: "Etienne-Victor Depasquale" <edepa () ieee org> 
To: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 4:23:00 AM 
Subject: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? 


Hi folks, 


Over the past few weeks, I've attended webinars and watched videos organized by Intel. 
These activities have centred on 5G and examined applications (like "visual cloud" and "gaming"), 
as well as segment-oriented aspects (like edge networks, 5G RAN and 5G Core). 


I am stunned (no hyperbole) by the emphasis on Kubernetes in particular, 
and cloud-native computing in general. 
Equally stunning (for me), public telecommunications networks have been portrayed 
as having a history that moved from integrated software and hardware, 
to virtualization and now to cloud-native computing. 
See, for example Alex Quach, here @10:30). I reason that Intel's implication is that virtualization is becoming 
obsolete. 


Would anyone care to let me know his thoughts on this prediction? 




Cheers all, 


Etienne 

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Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale 
Assistant Lecturer 
Department of Communications & Computer Engineering 
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology 
University of Malta 
Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale I