MediaTek Inc (聯發科) and its subsidiary Airoha Technology Corp (達發科技) on Monday said they are jointly developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) fiber gateway platform to enhance telecoms’ network performance by 30 percent.
The two companies made the announcement before the Network X show in Paris, which is being held from Tuesday to today.
The platform would be customizable for telecoms, they said.
Photo: Lisa Wang, Taipei Times
The gateway plaftorm could seamlessly fuse MediaTek’s Filogic 680 Wi-Fi 7 with Airoha’s AN7581, enabling cutting-edge AI computing capabilities, they said.
MediaTek, the world’s biggest mobile phone chip supplier, owns about a 66 percent stake in Airoha.
The platform supports major software frameworks including prplOS, RDK-B and OpenWrt, and uses AI-driven autonomous learning to analyze and optimize network traffic, and manage tasks, it said.
By embedding advanced data analytics engines into the AI gateway, the platform enables carrier-grade edge AI services, the two companies said.
Telecoms can use AI for intelligent traffic classification and real-time optimization, achieving more than 30 percent improvement in user network experiences, they said.
The gateway performs automated root-cause analysis of network issues right at the endpoint, slashing mean time to recovery by 40 percent, they said.
Airoha said its fiber broadband networking chips, combined MediaTek’s Wi-Fi chips, have been adopted by Europe’s major telecoms, helping the subsidiary build a strong foothold in the continent and expand its reach to the UK, Spain and Italy.
Fixed networking chips — fiber broadband and ethernet — were one of the biggest revenue sources for Airoha in the second quarter, making up about 40 percent to 45 percent of total. Wireless communication chips — Bluetooth audio chips and satellite positioning chips — were the biggest revenue contributor during that quarter, accounting for 45 percent to 50 percent, it said.
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