Samsung Electronics has built a Compute Express Link (CXL) infrastructure certified by Red Hat.
Elements that configure servers, from CXL-related products to software, can now be directly verified at the Samsung Memory Research Center (SMRC) located in Hwaseong, South Korea. Once CXL products are verified by Samsung, they can be requested for product registration to Red Hat, enabling faster product development.
“We’re very pleased that our partnership with Red Hat is able to deliver CXL memory products with enhanced reliability to our customers,” said Taeksang Song, Vice President and Head of the New DRAM Solution Development Team at Samsung Electronics.
Kyeong Sang Kim, Red Hat Korea GM said, “The optimization of Samsung’s hardware for Red Hat’s software underscores the value of open source technology as an imperative when it comes to expanding next-generation memory solutions such as CMM-D. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Samsung to further extend CXL solutions to the market.”
Compute Express Link (CXL) is an open industry-standard interconnect technology designed to address the growing need for high-speed, low-latency communication between processors, accelerators, and memory devices in data centers and high-performance computing environments. CXL is designed to work alongside and complement other interconnect technologies like PCIe.
Key features of CXL include:
- High bandwidth and low latency communication
- Cache coherency between CPUs and accelerators
- Memory sharing and expansion capabilities
- Compatibility with the PCIe physical and electrical interface
- The CXL standard is being developed by the CXL Consortium, which was founded in 2019, and which includes Samsung and others.
