{"id":50896,"date":"2019-09-19T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=50896"},"modified":"2019-09-19T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:10:49","slug":"compute-express-link-consortium-cxl-officially-incorporates-announces-expanded-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/50896-compute-express-link-consortium-cxl-officially-incorporates-announces-expanded-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Compute Express Link Consortium (CXL<\/span>) Officially Incorporates; Announces Expanded Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • The Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum (CXL<\/span>) today announ\u00adces its offi\u00adci\u00adal incorporation.<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  • The addi\u00adti\u00adon of new mem\u00adbers<\/span> to CXL<\/span>\u2019s expan\u00added Board of Direc\u00adtors, announ\u00adced today, will help dri\u00adve new tech\u00adni\u00adcal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments and indus\u00adtry adoption.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • CXL<\/span> is the new high-speed, open stan\u00addard inter\u00adcon\u00adnect that enables an acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor eco\u00adsys\u00adtem geared towards high per\u00adfor\u00admance, hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous computing.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Inte\u00adres\u00adted mem\u00adber com\u00adpa\u00adnies and insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons are encou\u00adra\u00adged to join.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Today, 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 announ\u00adce the incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>) Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum,<\/b> and unvei\u00adled the names of its new\u00adly-elec\u00adted mem\u00adbers to its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

    The core group of key indus\u00adtry part\u00adners announ\u00adced their intent to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte in March 2019, and remain dedi\u00adca\u00adted to advan\u00adcing the CXL<\/span> stan\u00addard, a new high-speed CPU-to-Device and CPU-to-Memo\u00adry inter\u00adcon\u00adnect which acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtes next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon data cen\u00adter performance.<\/p>\n

    The five new CXL<\/span> board mem\u00adbers are as fol\u00adlows: Ste\u00adve Fields<\/span>, Fel\u00adlow and Chief Engi\u00adneer of Power Sys\u00adtems, IBM<\/span>; Gaurav Singh<\/span>, Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Xilinx; Dong Wei<\/span>, Stan\u00addards Archi\u00adtect and Fel\u00adlow at ARM<\/span> Hol\u00addings; Nathan Kaly\u00ada\u00adna\u00adsund\u00adha\u00adram<\/span>, Seni\u00ador Fel\u00adlow at AMD<\/span> Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor; and Lar\u00adrie Carr<\/span>, Fel\u00adlow, Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Stra\u00adtegy and Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, Data Cen\u00adter Solu\u00adti\u00adons, Micro\u00adchip Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Inc.<\/p>\n

    Chair\u00adman of the CXL<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum, Jim Pap\u00adpas, dis\u00adcus\u00adsed the recent developments:<\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>CXL<\/span> is enjoy\u00ading unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted momen\u00adtum with par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adon of lea\u00adding com\u00adpa\u00adnies from across all seg\u00adments of the com\u00adpu\u00adter indus\u00adtry,\u201d said Pap\u00adpas. \u201cIt is extre\u00adme\u00adly gra\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading to see the level of invest\u00adment and focus on the suc\u00adcess of CXL<\/span>. We have a world-class tech\u00adni\u00adcal team cove\u00adring all of the nee\u00added disci\u00adpli\u00adnes to ensu\u00adre suc\u00adcess. On behalf of the CXL<\/span> Board, I am deligh\u00adted to wel\u00adco\u00adme the\u00adse new direc\u00adtors onto the CXL<\/span> Board of Direc\u00adtors and look for\u00adward to their con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons to this important new technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

    CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 1.1<\/b><\/p>\n

    As acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors are incre\u00adasing\u00adly used to com\u00adple\u00adment CPUs in sup\u00adport of emer\u00adging appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence and Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning, CXL<\/span> was desi\u00adgned to be an indus\u00adtry open stan\u00addard inter\u00adface for high-speed com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. The spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deli\u00advers breakth\u00adrough per\u00adfor\u00admance for emer\u00adging usa\u00adge models while sup\u00adport\u00ading an open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for data cen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and other high-speed enhance\u00adments-it was rati\u00adfied in March 2019.<\/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 memo\u00adry on atta\u00adched devices, which allows resour\u00adce sha\u00adring for hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance, redu\u00adced soft\u00adware stack com\u00adple\u00adxi\u00adty, and lower over\u00adall sys\u00adtem cost. This per\u00admits users to sim\u00adply focus on tar\u00adget workloads as oppo\u00adsed to the red\u00adun\u00addant memo\u00adry manage\u00adment hard\u00adware in their accelerators.<\/p>\n

    The spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon is curr\u00adent\u00adly available to com\u00adpa\u00adnies that join the CXL<\/span> Consortium<\/i><\/p>\n

    CXL<\/span> New\u00adly-Elec\u00adted Board Mem\u00adbers\u2019 State\u00adments upon Election<\/b><\/p>\n

    The new\u00adly-elec\u00adted Board Mem\u00adbers to CXL<\/span> made the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing comm\u00adents upon their con\u00adfir\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon to the BoD:<\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>CXL<\/span> has achie\u00adved enough momen\u00adtum to ensu\u00adre that the\u00adre will be broad indus\u00adtry par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adon. It is now time for IBM<\/span> to bring the expe\u00adri\u00adence gai\u00adned from 6+ years of coher\u00adent acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with CAPI<\/span> and Open\u00adCA\u00adPI and do our part to con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adte to the CXL<\/span> eco\u00adsys\u00adtem.\u201d \u2013Ste\u00adve Fields, Fel\u00adlow and Chief Engi\u00adneer of Power Sys\u00adtems, IBM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>High per\u00adfor\u00admance, adap\u00adta\u00adble acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is going to be cri\u00adti\u00adcal to meet the incre\u00adasing demand for per\u00adfor\u00admance across a wide varie\u00adty of mar\u00adkets,\u201d said Gaurav Singh, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, Veri\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and Sys\u00adtems Engi\u00adnee\u00adring, Xilinx, Inc. \u201cAt Xilinx, we reco\u00adgni\u00adzed the importance of coher\u00adent links to con\u00adnect pro\u00adces\u00adsors, memo\u00adry and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and I am exci\u00adted to join the CXL<\/span> board to dri\u00adve the stan\u00addard for\u00adward. With the back\u00ading of hypers\u00adca\u00adle cloud pro\u00advi\u00adders, sys\u00adtem OEMs, pro\u00adces\u00adsors ven\u00addors and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adders like Xilinx, CXL<\/span> will beco\u00adme a ubi\u00adqui\u00adtous pro\u00adces\u00adsor inter\u00adface for memo\u00adry and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors.\u201d \u2013Gaurav Singh, Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Xilinx<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>I am deligh\u00adted to be appoin\u00adted as a new board mem\u00adber of the CXL<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum. Arm\u2019s mem\u00adber\u00adship at the board level not only reflects the industry\u2019s con\u00adfi\u00addence in our strong con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon to this important, emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, but a shared visi\u00adon to ali\u00adgn to a tru\u00adly glo\u00adbal mul\u00adti-CPU stan\u00addard that will be appli\u00adca\u00adble to all pro\u00adces\u00adsor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures.\u201d \u2013Dong Wei, Stan\u00addards Archi\u00adtect and Fel\u00adlow at Arm Hol\u00addings, Inc.<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> is a strong belie\u00adver in the need for hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous pro\u00adces\u00adsing to meet the expo\u00adnen\u00adti\u00adal demand for com\u00adpu\u00adte, and we are plea\u00adsed to join with other indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders to dri\u00adve ali\u00adgnment on a com\u00admon coher\u00adent inter\u00adcon\u00adnect stan\u00addard in CXL<\/span>,\u201d said Nathan Kaly\u00ada\u00adna\u00adsund\u00adha\u00adram, Seni\u00ador Fel\u00adlow at AMD<\/span>. \u201cWe look for\u00adward to col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with all the mem\u00adbers of the CXL<\/span> com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty to enable a tigh\u00adter cou\u00adpling and cohe\u00adren\u00adcy bet\u00adween pro\u00adces\u00adsors and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors, sim\u00adpli\u00adfy pro\u00adgramming models, and enable a new wave of inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor and sto\u00adrage tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies.\u201d \u2013Nathan Kaly\u00ada\u00adna\u00adsund\u00adha\u00adram, Seni\u00ador Fel\u00adlow at AMD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

    \u201c<\/span>I am hono\u00adred to be elec\u00adted to the CXL<\/span> Board of Direc\u00adtors. CXL<\/span> will be a key tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to enable breakth\u00adrough memo\u00adry-cen\u00adtric infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre solu\u00adti\u00adons with the goal of impro\u00adving dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance and effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy. Micro\u00adchip looks for\u00adward to con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting to the evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon of the CXL<\/span> stan\u00addard, and the exis\u00adting col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with the Gen\u2011Z orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adon. \u2013Lar\u00adrie Carr, Fel\u00adlow, Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Stra\u00adtegy and Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, Data Cen\u00adter Solu\u00adti\u00adons, Micro\u00adchip Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Inc.<\/i><\/p>\n

    Join CXL<\/span> Indus\u00adtry Leaders<\/i><\/b><\/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 lea\u00adding Cloud Ser\u00advice Pro\u00advi\u00adders, Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons OEMs, and Sys\u00adtem OEMs. CXL<\/span> wel\u00adco\u00admes new mem\u00adbers. Work is now under\u00adway to expand inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve use cases that levera\u00adge CXL<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy as well as the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of CXL<\/span> Spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon 2.0 to fur\u00adther the standard\u2019s tech\u00adni\u00adcal fea\u00adtures and capabilities.<\/p>\n

    For infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on how to get invol\u00adved, cont\u00adact admin@computeexpresslink.org.<\/p>\n

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

    Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link (CXL<\/span>) Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum was foun\u00added in 2019 and is dedi\u00adca\u00adted to advan\u00adcing CXL<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, a high-speed CPU<\/span> inter\u00adcon\u00adnect tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtes next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon data cen\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance. CXL<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum is led by key indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders 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. The\u00adse com\u00adpa\u00adnies ori\u00adgi\u00adnal\u00adly for\u00admed an open indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard group to deve\u00adlop tech\u00adni\u00adcal spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adte breakth\u00adrough per\u00adfor\u00admance for emer\u00adging usa\u00adge models while sup\u00adport\u00ading an open eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for data cen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and other high-speed enhance\u00adments. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on the CXL<\/span> Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum, plea\u00adse visit www.computeexpresslink.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Key High\u00adlights: The Com\u00adpu\u00adte Express Link Con\u00adsor\u00adti\u00adum (CXL<\/span>) today announ\u00adces its offi\u00adci\u00adal incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. The addi\u00adti\u00adon of new mem\u00adbers to CXL<\/span>\u2019s expan\u00added Board of Direc\u00adtors, announ\u00adced today, will help dri\u00adve new tech\u00adni\u00adcal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments and indus\u00adtry adop\u00adti\u00adon. CXL<\/span> is the new high-speed, open stan\u00addard inter\u00adcon\u00adnect that enables an acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor eco\u00adsys\u00adtem geared towards high per\u00adfor\u00admance, hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting. Inte\u00adres\u00adted mem\u00adber com\u00adpa\u00adnies and insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons are (\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],"class_list":["post-50896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-cxl","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896","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=50896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50897,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896\/revisions\/50897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}