{"id":45095,"date":"2019-03-11T17:54:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=45095"},"modified":"2019-03-11T17:54:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T16:54:03","slug":"key-industry-players-converge-to-advance-cxl-a-new-high-speed-cpu-interconnect-for-breakthrough-data-center-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/45095-key-industry-players-converge-to-advance-cxl-a-new-high-speed-cpu-interconnect-for-breakthrough-data-center-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Industry Players Converge to Advance CXL<\/span>, a New High-Speed CPU<\/span> Interconnect for Breakthrough Data Center Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key High\u00adlights:
\n\u2022 Ali\u00adbaba, Cis\u00adco, Dell EMC<\/span>, Face\u00adbook, Goog\u00adle, Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse, Huawei,
\nIntel Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Micro\u00adsoft team up on the new Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>)
\ntech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte rapidly gro\u00adwing data workloads such as Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intelligence
\nand Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning, rich media ser\u00advices, High-Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting and Cloud
\napplications.
\n\u2022 CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.0 rati\u00adfied to address gro\u00adwing high-per\u00adfor\u00admance CPU-to-Device,
\ninter\u00adcon\u00adnect needs and pro\u00advi\u00adde impro\u00adved memo\u00adry cohe\u00adren\u00adcy for hig\u00adher performance
\nof data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve applications.
\n\u2022 The new open stan\u00addard will help fos\u00adter an open acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for high
\nper\u00adfor\u00admance, hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting. Inte\u00adres\u00adted mem\u00adber com\u00adpa\u00adnies and
\ninsti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons are encou\u00adra\u00adged to join.<\/p>\n

Bea\u00adver\u00adton, OR<\/span>, USA<\/span> \u2013 March 11, 2019 \u2013 Ali\u00adbaba, Cis\u00adco, Dell EMC<\/span>, Face\u00adbook, Google,
\nHew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse, Hua\u00adwei, Intel Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Micro\u00adsoft today announ\u00adced the
\nfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon of a new indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard group dedi\u00adca\u00adted to advan\u00adcing Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link
\n(CXL<\/span>), a new high-speed CPU-to-Device and CPU-to-Memo\u00adry inter\u00adcon\u00adnect desi\u00adgned to
\nacce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon data cen\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance. The group of com\u00adpa\u00adnies also ratified
\nthe CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.0, an open indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard that deli\u00advers breakthrough
\nper\u00adfor\u00admance for emer\u00adging usa\u00adge models while sup\u00adport\u00ading an open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for data
\ncen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and other high-speed enhancements.<\/p>\n

CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.0 Available Now<\/p>\n

The CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.0 enables a high-speed, effi\u00adci\u00adent inter\u00adcon\u00adnect bet\u00adween the CPU<\/span> and
\nplat\u00adform enhance\u00adments and workload acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, such as GPUs, FPGAs and other
\npur\u00adpo\u00adse-built acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor solu\u00adti\u00adons. The tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is built upon the well-estab\u00adlished PCI<\/span>
\nExpress\u00ae (PCIe\u00ae) infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, lever\u00adaging the PCIe 5.0 phy\u00adsi\u00adcal and elec\u00adtri\u00adcal inter\u00adface to
\npro\u00advi\u00adde advan\u00adced pro\u00adto\u00adcol in three key areas:
\n1. I\/O Protocol
\n2. Memo\u00adry Pro\u00adto\u00adcol, initi\u00adal\u00adly allo\u00adwing a host to share memo\u00adry with an accelerator
\n3. Cohe\u00adren\u00adcy Interface<\/p>\n

CXL<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy main\u00adta\u00adins memo\u00adry cohe\u00adren\u00adcy bet\u00adween the CPU<\/span> memo\u00adry space and memory
\non atta\u00adched devices, which allows resour\u00adce sha\u00adring for hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance, reduced
\nsoft\u00adware stack com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty, and lower over\u00adall sys\u00adtem cost. This per\u00admits users to sim\u00adply focus
\non tar\u00adget workloads as oppo\u00adsed to the red\u00adun\u00addant memo\u00adry manage\u00adment hard\u00adware in their
\nacce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors. CXL<\/span> was desi\u00adgned to be an indus\u00adtry open stan\u00addard inter\u00adface for high-speed
\ncom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, as acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors are incre\u00adasing\u00adly used to com\u00adple\u00adment CPUs in sup\u00adport of
\nemer\u00adging appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence and Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning. The specification
\nis available to com\u00adpa\u00adnies that join the CXL<\/span> Consortium.<\/p>\n

Join CXL<\/span> Indus\u00adtry Leaders<\/p>\n

The foun\u00adding pro\u00admo\u00adter com\u00adpa\u00adnies repre\u00adsent a wide-ran\u00adge of indus\u00adtry exper\u00adti\u00adse and include
\nlea\u00adding Cloud Ser\u00advice Pro\u00advi\u00adders, Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons OEMs and Sys\u00adtem OEMs. The group is in
\nthe pro\u00adcess of incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon as an open stan\u00addard body. Fur\u00adther\u00admo\u00adre, efforts are now
\nunder\u00adway to crea\u00adte inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve usa\u00adges that levera\u00adge CXL<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy as well as deve\u00adlop CXL<\/span>
\nSpe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 2.0 to fur\u00adther the standard\u2019s tech\u00adni\u00adcal fea\u00adtures and capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. For
\ninfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on how to get invol\u00adved, cont\u00adact admin@computeexpresslink.org.<\/p>\n

About Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link<\/p>\n

Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>) is a high-speed CPU<\/span> inter\u00adcon\u00adnect tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that accelerates
\nnext gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon data cen\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance. Ali\u00adbaba, Cis\u00adco, Dell EMC<\/span>, Face\u00adbook, Google,
\nHew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse, Hua\u00adwei, Intel Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Micro\u00adsoft are forming an open
\nindus\u00adtry stan\u00addard group to deve\u00adlop tech\u00adni\u00adcal spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adte breakthrough
\nper\u00adfor\u00admance for emer\u00adging usa\u00adge models while sup\u00adport\u00ading an open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for data
\ncen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and other high-speed enhance\u00adments. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on the CXL<\/span>
\nCon\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum, plea\u00adse visit www.computeexpresslink.org.
\n# # #<\/p>\n

PCI-SIG<\/span>, PCI<\/span> Express, and PCIe are regis\u00adtered trade\u00admarks of PCI-SIG<\/span>. All other trademarks
\nare the pro\u00adper\u00adty of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.
\nCXL<\/span> Pro\u00admo\u00adter State\u00adments of Support<\/p>\n

Ali\u00adbaba<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Ali\u00adbaba is glad to sup\u00adport the glo\u00adbal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the CXL<\/span> ecosystem.
\nAs a tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy inno\u00adva\u00adtor on cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and com\u00adpu\u00adting, we hope to dri\u00adve the
\ndeve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of CXL<\/span> tog\u00ade\u00adther with other indus\u00adtry lea\u00adding play\u00aders, deli\u00adve\u00adring more tangible
\nbene\u00adfits to our cus\u00adto\u00admers and the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty at large.\u201d
\nQiang Liu, Seni\u00ador Direc\u00adtor, Ali\u00adbaba Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre Ser\u00advice, Ali\u00adbaba Group<\/p>\n

Dell EMC<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Dell EMC<\/span> is deligh\u00adted to be part of the CXL<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum and its all-star cast of promoter
\ncom\u00adpa\u00adnies. We are encou\u00adra\u00adged to see the true open\u00adness of CXL<\/span>, and look for\u00adward to more
\nindus\u00adtry play\u00aders joi\u00adning this effort. The syn\u00ader\u00adgy bet\u00adween CXL<\/span> and Gen\u2011Z is clear, and both
\nwill be important com\u00adpon\u00adents in sup\u00adport\u00ading Dell EMC<\/span>\u2019s kine\u00adtic infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre and this data
\nera.\u201d
\nRobert Hor\u00admuth, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent &<\/span> Fel\u00adlow, Chief Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Offi\u00adcer, Ser\u00adver &<\/span> Infrastructure
\nSys\u00adtems, Dell EMC<\/span><\/p>\n

Face\u00adbook<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Face\u00adbook is exci\u00adted to join CXL<\/span> as a foun\u00adding mem\u00adber to enable and fos\u00adter a stan\u00addards\u00adba\u00adsed open acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for effi\u00adci\u00adent and advan\u00adced next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon systems.\u201d
\nVijay Rao, Direc\u00adtor of Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and Stra\u00adtegy, Facebook<\/p>\n

Goog\u00adle<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Goog\u00adle sup\u00adports the open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. Our cus\u00adto\u00admers will benefit
\nfrom the rich eco\u00adsys\u00adtem that CXL<\/span> will enable for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, memo\u00adry, and storage
\ntechnologies.\u201d
\nRob Sprink\u00adle, Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Lead, Plat\u00adforms Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, Goog\u00adle LLC<\/span><\/p>\n

HPE<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>At HPE<\/span> we belie\u00adve that being able to com\u00adpo\u00adse com\u00adpu\u00adte resour\u00adces over open inter\u00adfaces is
\ncri\u00adti\u00adcal if our indus\u00adtry is to keep pace with the demands of a data and AI-dri\u00adven future. We
\napplaud Intel for ope\u00adning up the inter\u00adface to the pro\u00adces\u00adsor. CXL<\/span> will help cus\u00adto\u00admers utilize
\nacce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors more effi\u00adci\u00adent\u00adly and dove\u00adtails well with the open Gen\u2011Z memory-semantic
\ninter\u00adcon\u00adnect stan\u00addard to aid in buil\u00adding ful\u00adly-com\u00adposable, workload-opti\u00admi\u00adzed systems.\u201d
\nMark Pot\u00adter, HPE<\/span> CTO<\/span> and Direc\u00adtor of Hew\u00adlett Packard Labs<\/p>\n

Hua\u00adwei<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Being a lea\u00adding pro\u00advi\u00adder in the indus\u00adtry, Hua\u00adwei will play an important role in the
\ncon\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. Huawei\u2019s intel\u00adli\u00adgent com\u00adpu\u00adting pro\u00adducts which
\nincor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtes Huawei\u2019s chip, acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpon\u00adents and intel\u00adli\u00adgent manage\u00adment together
\nwith inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve opti\u00admi\u00adzed sys\u00adtem design, can deli\u00adver end-to-end solu\u00adti\u00adons which
\nsigni\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly impro\u00adves the roll\u00adout and sys\u00adtem effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of data centers.\u201d
\nZhang Xia\u00ado\u00adhua, GM<\/span> of Huawei\u2019s Intel\u00adli\u00adgent Com\u00adpu\u00adting BU<\/span><\/p>\n

Intel<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>CXL<\/span> is an important mile\u00adstone for data-cen\u00adtric com\u00adpu\u00adting, and will be a foundational
\nstan\u00addard for an open, dyna\u00admic acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor eco\u00adsys\u00adtem. Like USB<\/span> and PCI<\/span> Express, which
\nIntel also co-foun\u00added, we can look for\u00adward to a new wave of indus\u00adtry inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and
\ncus\u00adto\u00admer value deli\u00adver\u00aded through the CXL<\/span> standard.\u201d
\nJim Pap\u00adpas, Direc\u00adtor of Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Initia\u00adti\u00adves, Intel Corporation<\/p>\n

Micro\u00adsoft<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Micro\u00adsoft is joi\u00adning the CXL<\/span> con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum to dri\u00adve the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of new indus\u00adtry bus
\nstan\u00addards to enable future gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of cloud ser\u00advers. Micro\u00adsoft stron\u00adgly belie\u00adves in
\nindus\u00adtry col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon to dri\u00adve breakth\u00adrough inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. We look for\u00adward to combining
\nefforts of the con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum with our own acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted hard\u00adware achie\u00adve\u00adments to advance
\nemer\u00adging workloads from deep lear\u00adning to high per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting for the bene\u00adfit of
\nour customers.\u201d
\nDr. Leen\u00addert van Doorn, Distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhed Engi\u00adneer, Azu\u00adre, Microsoft
\nIndus\u00adtry State\u00adment of Support<\/p>\n

Gen\u2011Z Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As a Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum foun\u00added to encou\u00adra\u00adge an open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for the next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon memory
\nand com\u00adpu\u00adte archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, Gen\u2011Z wel\u00adco\u00admes Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>) to the industry
\nand we look for\u00adward to oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for future col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween our organizations.\u201d
\nKur\u00adtis Bow\u00adman, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Gen\u2011Z Consortium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key High\u00adlights: \u2022 Ali\u00adbaba, Cis\u00adco, Dell EMC<\/span>, Face\u00adbook, Goog\u00adle, Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse, Hua\u00adwei, Intel Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and Micro\u00adsoft team up on the new Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>) tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte rapidly gro\u00adwing data workloads such as Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence and Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning, rich media ser\u00advices, High-Per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting and Cloud appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. \u2022 CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.0 rati\u00adfied to address gro\u00adwing (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1790,1004],"class_list":["post-45095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-cxl","tag-intel","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45096,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45095\/revisions\/45096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}