An introduction to the compute express link (cxl) interconnect

D Das Sharma, R Blankenship, D Berger - ACM Computing Surveys, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
The Compute Express Link (CXL) is an open industry-standard interconnect between
processors and devices such as accelerators, memory buffers, smart network interfaces …

Managing Memory Tiers with {CXL} in Virtualized Environments

Y Zhong, DS Berger, C Waldspurger, R Wee… - … USENIX Symposium on …, 2024‏ - usenix.org
Cloud providers seek to deploy CXL-based memory to increase aggregate memory
capacity, reduce costs, and lower carbon emissions. However, CXL accesses incur higher …

Designing cloud servers for lower carbon

J Wang, DS Berger, F Kazhamiaka… - 2024 ACM/IEEE 51st …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To mitigate climate change, we must reduce carbon emissions from hyperscale cloud
computing. We find that cloud compute servers cause the majority of emissions in a general …

Partial failure resilient memory management system for (cxl-based) distributed shared memory

M Zhang, T Ma, J Hua, Z Liu, K Chen, N Ding… - Proceedings of the 29th …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
The efficiency of distributed shared memory (DSM) has been greatly improved by recent
hardware technologies. But, the difficulty of distributed memory management can still be a …

Exploring performance and cost optimization with asic-based cxl memory

Y Tang, P Zhou, W Zhang, H Hu, Q Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
As memory-intensive applications continue to drive the need for advanced architectural
solutions, Compute Express Link (CXL) has risen as a promising interconnect technology …

Demystifying cxl memory with genuine cxl-ready systems and devices

Y Sun, Y Yuan, Z Yu, R Kuper, C Song… - Proceedings of the 56th …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
The ever-growing demands for memory with larger capacity and higher bandwidth have
driven recent innovations on memory expansion and disaggregation technologies based on …

Reducing datacenter compute carbon footprint by harnessing the power of specialization: Principles, metrics, challenges and opportunities

T Eilam, P Bose, LP Carloni, A Cidon… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computing is an indispensable tool in addressing climate change, but it also contributes to a
significant and steadily increasing carbon footprint, partly due to the exponential growth in …

TrEnv: Transparently Share Serverless Execution Environments Across Different Functions and Nodes

J Huang, MX Zhang, T Ma, Z Liu, S Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - dl.acm.org
Serverless computing is renowned for its computation elasticity, yet its full potential is often
constrained by the requirement for functions to operate within local and dedicated …

Myths and misconceptions around reducing carbon embedded in cloud platforms

J Lyu, J Wang, K Frost, C Zhang, C Irvene… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2023‏ - dl.acm.org
Major cloud providers have stated public plans to lower their carbon emissions. Historically,
this has meant focusing on emissions from producing the electricity consumed by …

Exploring and evaluating real-world cxl: Use cases and system adoption

X Wang, J Liu, J Wu, S Yang, J Ren, B Shankar… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
Compute eXpress Link (CXL) is emerging as a promising memory interface technology.
However, its performance characteristics remain largely unclear due to the limited …