CXL DevCon 2024
April 30 @ 8:00 am - May 1 @ 5:00 pm PDT
The CXL Consortium is looking forward to hosting the first Compute Express Link® (CXL®) DevCon from April 30 – May 1, 2024, in Santa Clara, California!
CXL DevCon is a unique opportunity for our Members to learn directly from CXL technology experts. Attendees will participate in CXL technical training, view available products and technology demonstrations, and network with industry peers.
Register for the event HERE.
If you are not currently a member of the CXL Consortium, learn about our membership benefits HERE and contact admin@computeexpresslink.org with any questions or for additional information.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
| DevCon 2024 Day 1 – Compliance & Implementation | ||
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome | Jim Pappas, Intel – CXL Chairman |
| 9:15 – 9:45 | Keynote – History of CXL | Larrie Carr, Rambus – CXL President |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | CXL Specifications Overview | Debendra Das Sharma, Intel – TTF Co-Chair |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break & Exhibit | |
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Technical Spec Training (1.0/2.0) | Mahesh Wagh, AMD – TTF Co-Chair |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | CXL Use Case – CXL Native Memory | Bill Gervasi, Wolley |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch & Exhibit | |
| 1:00 – 1:20 | Proving CXL scale-out and ROI in the data center | Ira Weiny, Linux |
| 1:20 – 1:40 | CXL Software Ecosystem: The Software Stack for CXL | Steve Scargall, MemVerge |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Exploring Sunfish™: An Open-source Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure Framework | Michael Aguilar, OpenFabrics Alliance – OFA Secretary |
| 2:00 – 2:20 | RAS for Resilient Data Centric Platforms using a CXL Memory Controller | Sandeep Dattaprasad, Astera Labs |
| 2:20 – 2:40 | Member Implementation: CXL Memory Latency Measurement Tutorial | Tam Do, Microchip |
| 2:40 – 3:10 | Break & Exhibit | |
| 3:10 – 3:30 | Understanding the Need for Compliance | Anil Godbole, Intel |
| 3:30 – 3:50 | Testing CXL links using Exercisers & Analyzers | Yamini Shastry, Viavi |
| 3:50 – 4:10 | CXL Testing – Protocol Layers & Testing Examples | Gordon Getty, Teledyne LeCroy |
| 4:10 – 4:40 | Focusing on the Future of CXL Compliance | Nathan White, Intel – CWG Co-Chair |
| 4:40 – 5:00 | Day 1 Open Q&A | CWG / TTF Panel |
| 5:00 – 6:30 | Networking Reception & Exhibit | |
| DevCon 2024 Day 2 – Emerging & Future | ||
| Time | Title | Presenter(s) |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Registration and Exhibit | |
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Technical Spec Training (3.0/3.1) | Rob Blankenship, Intel – PWG Co-Chair |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Member Implementation: Streamlining CXL Adoption for Hyperscale Efficiency | Nilesh Shah, ZeroPoint Technologies |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Technical Training – Security: Integrity and Data Encryption (IDE) Trends and Verification Challenges in CXL | Zongyao Wen, Synopsys |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Exhibit | |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Member Implementation | Dr. Miryeong Kwon, Panmnesia |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Member Implementation | Geof Findley, Montage Technology |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Member Implementation: Using a CXL 2.0 switch for CXL memory expansion, pooling and sharing | Jianping (JP) Jiang, PhD, Xconn Technologies |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Member Implementation: Building Composable and Disaggregated Systems of the Future with CXL 3.0 | Raju Pudota, Cadence |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch & Exhibit | |
| 1:30 – 1:50 | Member Implementation: Improving system memory bandwidth with CXL software interweaving | Ravi Kiran Gummaluri, Micron |
| 1:50 – 2:10 | Member Implementation: Exploring system memory expansion and memory pooling/tiering | Kapil Sethi, Samsung |
| 2:10 -2:30 | Member Implementation: Enabling CXL Memory Module, Exploring Memory Expansion Use Cases & Beyond | Thomas Won Ha Choi, PhD, SK hynix |
| 2:30 – 2:50 | Member Implementation: Optical Applications of CXL | David Kulansky, Alphawave Semi |
| 2:50 – 3:30 | Break & Exhibit | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Fireside chat – open discussion + audience Q&A | Leadership Panel |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Closing comments and Call to Action | Kurtis Bowman, AMD – MWG Co-Chair |