After Samsung Electronics developed its first CXL 1.1-based CXL DRAM (memory expander) in May 2022, it continues to launch 128GB CXL DRAM that supports CXL 2.0, which is expected to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation storage solutions. The solution supports PCIe 5.0 (x8 lanes), providing up to 35GB per second of bandwidth.

"As a board member of the CXL Alliance, Samsung Electronics has been at the forefront of CXL technology," said Jangseok Choi, vice president of new business planning at Samsung Electronics. We are determined to further expand the CXL ecosystem by collaborating with top server and chip companies."

"Intel is pleased to partner with Samsung to invest in a vibrant CXL ecosystem. Intel will continue to work with Samsung to promote the development and adoption of innovative CXL products across the industry," said Jim Pappas, director of technology innovation at Intel Corporation.

Stephen Tai, President of Montage Technology, said: "Montage Technology is very pleased to be able to mass produce the first batch of controllers supporting CXL 2.0, and we look forward to continuing to strengthen cooperation with Samsung to advance the development of CXL technology and expand its ecosystem."

CXL 2.0 is Samsung's first ever product to support memory pools (Pooling). Memory pool is a memory management technology that binds multiple CXL memory blocks on the server platform together to form a memory pool, enabling multiple hosts to dynamically allocate memory from the pool as needed. This new technology enables customers to reduce costs and increase efficiency as much as possible, thus helping enterprises to reinvest limited resources in enhancing server memory.

Samsung Electronics plans to start mass production of this latest CXL 2.0 DRAM before the end of this year, and is preparing to launch products of various capacities to meet the rapidly changing next-generation computing market and further accelerate the expansion of the CXL ecosystem.