Topology And Connection Architecture Of CXL Pooling Systems (Microsoft, Columbia)


A new technical paper titled "Octopus: Scalable Low-Cost CXL Memory Pooling" was published by researchers at University of Washington, Microsoft Azure and Columbia University. Abstract "Compute Express Link (CXL) is widely-supported interconnect standard that promises to enable memory disaggregation in data centers. CXL allows for memory pooling, which can be used to create a shared memory ... » read more

One-On-One: Lip-Bu Tan


Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Cadence, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about the impact of massive increases in data across a variety of industries, the growing need for computational software, and the potential implications of U.S.-China relations. What follows are excerpts of that discussion. SE: What do you see as the biggest change for the chip industry? Tan: We're in our fifth g... » read more