Hot Chips 2026: XCENA and Samsung’s Near-Memory Compute CXL Device
- Memory expansion has been attractive for years, and is more relevant than ever because ML models have an insatiable appetite for memory capacity.
- In response, XCENA has worked with Samsung to create a CXL memory expansion device that can also host SSDs and do compute.
- The device is called MX1, where MX stands for “Memory Xcelerator”.
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- Memory expansion has been attractive for years, and is more relevant than ever because ML models have an insatiable appetite for memory capacity.
- In response, XCENA has worked with Samsung to create a CXL memory expansion device that can also host SSDs and do compute.
- The device is called MX1, where MX stands for “Memory Xcelerator”.
Sources: Chipsandcheese