The Linux Foundation announced the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation at MWC, establishing an open-source AI-RAN platform for 5G/6G networks. OCUDU evolves from the srsRAN Project and has backing from AMD, NVIDIA, Nokia, Ericsson, AT&T, Verizon, and others. Early benchmarks on AMD EPYC 9755 (Zen 5) and EPYC 9965 (Zen 5C) versus Intel Xeon 6980P (Granite Rapids) show AMD leading in per-thread performance: EPYC 9755 is 11% faster on PDSCH and ~20% faster on PUSCH workloads. The EPYC 9965's dense Zen 5C cores also match or beat Granite Rapids per-thread despite lower clock speeds. OCUDU targets its first official release in April, and AMD's upcoming EPYC 8005 'Sorano' processors are positioned specifically for Telco/RAN workloads.
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