Samsung Electronics has announced the development of its first 128GB DRAM that supports Compute Express Link™ (CXL™) 2.0. At the same time, Samsung has worked closely with Intel to achieve milestone progress on Intel Xeon's platform. Following the development of its first CXL 1.1-based CXL DRAM in May 2022, Samsung is expected to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation storage solutions by introducing 128GB CXL DRAM supporting CXL 2.0. The solution supports PCIe 5.0 (x8 channels), providing bandwidth up to 35GB per second
"Intel is pleased to partner with Samsung to co-invest in a vibrant CXL ecosystem," said Jim Pappas, Director of Technology Innovation at Intel Corporation. Intel will continue to work with Samsung to promote the development and adoption of innovative CXL products across the industry." "As a board member of the CXL Alliance, Samsung Electronics has been at the forefront of CXL technology," "This breakthrough reinforces our determination to further expand the CXL ecosystem by partnering with data centers, enterprise-class server and chip companies around the world," said Jangseok Choi, vice president of New Business Planning at Samsung Electronics.
CXL 2.0 is the first Samsung product to enable Pooling. Memory pooling is a memory management technique that binds together multiple CXL memory blocks on a server platform to form a memory pool, enabling multiple hosts to dynamically allocate memory from the pool on demand. This new technology enables customers to save as much money as possible, thereby helping companies reinvest their limited resources into enhancing server memory.
CXL is a next-generation memory expandable device that improves efficiency for accelerators, DRAM, and storage devices used with cpus in high-performance server systems. Since it can expand bandwidth and capacity when used with main DRAM, the advancement of this technology is expected to make a splash in the next-generation computing market, where core technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have increased the demand for processing high-speed data.
Stephen Tai, President of Montage Technology, said: "Montage is excited to be mass-producing the first CXL 2.0 supported controllers and we look forward to continuing to strengthen our collaboration with Samsung to advance CXL technology and expand its ecosystem."
