Intel releases its cxl 1.0 interconnect standard to replace pci

PCI Express was starting to slow down the industry, and although PCIe 4.0 is about to hit servers and desktops later this year, several manufacturers have already taken a step forward to replace PCI Express as the connectivity standard. High speed preferred. Intel along with major manufacturers such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft present the CXL 1.0 interconnect standard.

Intel Releases Its CXL 1.0 Interconnect Standard

Intel, along with Alibaba, Cisco, Dell EMC, Facebook, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei and Microsoft have teamed up to create the “Compute Express link” (CXL) 1.0 protocol, building on the PCIe infrastructure to deliver state-of-the-art performance generation.

CXL has been born, but it will have competition from NVLink, CCIX, GenZ and PCIe 5.0, which are prepared to compete in this space, creating an interface war like never seen before.

AMD and Nvidia are the big absentees

There are several notable gaps for this new Intel standard, including AMD, ARM, Amazon, and Nvidia, making CXL's long-term future far from assured. Intel's compatibility with CXL via the PCIe 5.0 interconnect interface will enable the company to offer seamless compatibility with PCIe 5.0 and CXL via the same PCIe connector.

Compute Express Link represents a new advance in the interconnection between the CPU and other components, hoping that more manufacturers will adopt and support this technology as well, making non-x86 processor manufacturers like ARM more than welcome to join.

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