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Rambus Advances New Era of Data Center Architecture with CXL™ Memory Interconnect Initiative
- Launches research and development effort to drive architectural shift in data centers with solutions for memory expansion and pooling that enable
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Launches research and development effort to drive architectural shift in data centers with solutions for memory expansion and pooling that enable disaggregated and composable server architectures\n - Combines unique expertise in high-speed interfaces, embedded security and server memory buffers to develop breakthrough solutions for next-generation data centers\n - Leverages critical building blocks to be provided by PLDA and AnalogX acquisitions, accelerating CXL roadmap and market leadership\n\n\nSAN JOSE, Calif., June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a provider of industry-leading chips and silicon IP making data faster and safer, today announced the CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative to define and develop semiconductor solutions for advanced data center architectures that maximize performance, improve efficiency and reduce system cost. To support the continuing growth and specialization in server workloads, data center is moving to disaggregated architectures composed from shared and scalable pools of computing and memory resources. Compute Express Link™ (CXL) is a critical enabler of these next-generation disaggregated server architectures. As part of this initiative, Rambus is focusing its initial research and development on semiconductor solutions to support key memory expansion and pooling use cases. The acquisitions of PLDA and AnalogX provide key products and expertise that complement the company's leadership in server memory interface chips and further accelerate the roadmap for innovative CXL interconnect solutions for next-generation data centers.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"Modern server architectures are taking a revolutionary step forward to support the growing demands of advanced workloads like AI/ML,\" said Luc Seraphin, president and CEO of Rambus. \"This initiative is highly complementary to our existing server DIMM chipset business and brings together our unique combination of semiconductor and system expertise to develop breakthrough interconnect solutions that improve performance, security, efficiency and TCO for future data centers.\" \nCXL is an open industry standard interconnect delivering high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity between dedicated compute, memory, I/O and storage elements within the data center to allow the provision of the optimal mix of each for a given workload....