Using software to perform memory copies has been the gold standard for applications performing memory-to-memory data movement or system memory operations. With new accelerators and memory types enriching the system architecture, accelerator-assisted memory data movement and transformation need standardization. At the forefront of this standardization movement is the SNIA Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) which is designed as an industry-open standard that is Extensible, Forward-compatible, and Independent of I/O interconnect technology. Adjacently, Compute Express Link (CXL) is an industry-supported Cache-Coherent Interconnect for Processors, Memory Expansion, and Accelerators. CXL is designed to be an industry-open standard interface for high-speed communications, as accelerators are increasingly used to complement CPUs in support of emerging applications such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. How are these two standards related? What are the unique advantages of each? Find out on November 30, 2022 in our next SNIA Networking Storage Forum webcast “What’s in a Name? Memory Semantics and Data Movement with CXL and SDXI” where SNIA and CXL experts working to develop these standards will:

• Introduce SDXI and CXL.
• Discuss data movement needs in a CXL ecosystem
• Cover SDXI advantages in a CXL interconnect

Please join us on November 30^th to learn more about these exciting technologies.