A major milestone has been reached by Samsung Electronics, a pioneer in cutting-edge memory technology, with the successful verification of Compute Express Link (CXL) memory operations in an actual user scenario. Working with open-source software supplier Red Hat allowed for this success. This invention would represent a significant step toward building the CXL ecosystem, which is one of Samsung’s primary areas of focus.
The fast-expanding data throughput and memory needs in domains such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving, and in-memory databases (IMDBs) are making the need for systems with improved memory bandwidth and capacity more pressing, stated Samsung.
To overcome these challenges, the unified interface standard CXL connects different processors, including CPUs, GPUs, and memory devices, over a PCIe interface. The limits of present systems in terms of speed, latency, and expandability are solved by this technology.
Samsung Electronic’s dedication to the CXL memory ecosystem was highlighted by Samsung’s Executive Vice President of Memory Product Planning, Yongcheol Bae. “We have been collaborating extensively with industry partners across software, data centers, servers, and chipset providers to lead the CXL memory ecosystem. Our partnership with Red Hat showcases the synergy between advanced software and hardware, accelerating the growth of the CXL ecosystem.”
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“It opens up the applicability of the CXL Memory Expander to IaaS and PaaS-based software provided by Red Hat,” said Marjet Andriesse, SVP and Head of Red Hat Asia Pacific.Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3 and Samsung's CXL memory have been perfectly matched, with read, write, and memory recognition functions optimized in Red Hat's KVM and Podman environments. Data center services clients may easily use Samsung's CXL memory thanks to this connection, which would eliminate the need for them to change their current hardware configurations.
In addition, Red Hat and Samsung are working together to create a ‘RHEL 9.3 CXL Memory Enabling Guide.’ By using Samsung's CXL memory with RHEL 9.3, users may build high-performance computing systems that are customized for different user scenarios. This guide tries to help users do just that.
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) centered on next-generation memory cooperation, Samsung and Red Hat initially launched their relationship in May 2022. Through the Samsung Memory Research Center (SMRC), they collaborate to build CXL reference and open-source models. This continued partnership would show a strong commitment to developing memory technology in the digital era while covering a variety of storage and memory solutions, such as NVMe SSDs, CXL Memory, computational memory/storage, and fabrics.
“The successful verification of Samsung’s CXL Memory Expander interoperability with Red Hat Enterprise Linux is significant because it opens up the applicability of the CXL Memory Expander to IaaS and PaaS-based software provided by Red Hat,” said Marjet Andriesse, Senior Vice President and Head of Red Hat Asia Pacific. “This is an important milestone in the integration of hardware and software to build an open-source ecosystem for next-generation memory development.”
