In the CXL Forum Theater at SC23 hosted by MemVerge, Mitch Wright of Liqid explained composable infrastructure that now includes CXL memory

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Composable CXL Preview
Mitch Wright
CXL System Architect

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Storage
NVMe Flash / Optane
CPU
Intel / AMD / ARM
Memory
DRAM
Accelerators
GPU / FPGA / DPU
Dynamically Configured Servers
Disaggregated Resource Pools
CXL Fabric
Liqid Mgmt. SW
Liqid Enables Composable Disaggregated Systems

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PCI Express
(Gen 4)
Fabric Layer
(Commodity HW)
Device Layer
(Commodity HW)
OS, Application &
Virtualization Layer
Ethernet InfiniBand
PCI Express
(Gen 5)
CXL 5G
Accelerators
Liqid Matrix
SW Layer
Networking Pool Storage Pool CPU Pool FPGA Pool Future (i.e. DPUs)
Memory GPU Pool
Liqid Delivers Full Stack Composability

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Liqid Matrix Software and Fabric
Servers Nodes
Composable
Resources
(GPU, NVMe, etc.)
Liqid Matrix
Software and Fabric
Liqid Matrix Industry leading AI-LLM Workflows
Configurable Platform for Dynamic Resource Allocation for Each Stage of AI Workflow

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PCIe Gen 5 x16 Connection
Liqid PCIe Gen 5
Expansion Chassis
- 8 Slots
Liqid PCIe / CXL
Management Node
Management Link
CXL x16 Connection
Liqid PCIe Gen5 HBA
- Qty 2
- Gen5 Server
Liqid PCIe Gen 5
Data Switch
Liqid CXL Data Switch
Liqid CXL Expansion
Chassis – 20 slots
Liqid CXL HBA
- Qty 2
- Gen5 Server
Single Liqid Matrix Fabric Manager
PCIe Gen 5 / CXL Dual Fabric Topology

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New Device-type for
CXL memory
New Fabric-type for
CXL memory
Liqid Matrix Composable Memory Management

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Live Demonstration
Booth #1219

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