Marvell Successful Interoperability of Structera CXL Portfolio with AMD EPYC CPU and 5th Gen Xeon Scalable Platforms

Marvell Technology, Inc. announced the successful interoperability of the Structera portfolio of Compute Express Link (CXL) with AMD EPYC CPUs and 5th Gen Intel Xeon platforms. 

This achievement underscores the commitment of Marvell to advancing an open and interoperable CXL ecosystem, addressing the growing demands for memory bandwidth and capacity in next-gen cloud data centers. 

The company collaborated with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.) and Intel Corp. to extensively test Structera CXL products with AMD EPYC and 5^th Gen Xeon Scalable platforms across various configurations, workloads, and operating conditions. The results demonstrated interoperability, delivering stability, scalability, and high-performance memory expansion that cloud data center providers need for mass deployment.

This interoperability gives customers the flexibility to choose from a variety of CPU architectures, enabling deployment of CXL solutions across diverse hardware configurations. By leveraging the strengths of each platform for specific workloads and applications, customers can maximize their investment while maintaining seamless integration and consistent performance.

“CXL 2.0 represents the next generation of scalable infrastructure. The collaboration between AMD, Intel and Marvell will help enable the growth of an ecosystem for driving the benefits of CXL for customers everywhere,” said Will Chu, SVP and GM, custom cloud solutions, Marvell. “This successful interoperability showcases our ability to deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that redefine the efficiency, sustainability, and performance of cloud technology.”

“We are committed to advancing high-performance, scalable, and energy-efficient solutions to power next-generation data centers,” said Raghu Nambiar, corporate VP, data center ecosystems and solutions, AMD. “Our deep technology partnership with Marvell combines the robust capabilities of AMD EPYC processors with Marvell’s CXL portfolio to help our customers unlock enhanced memory efficiency, greater flexibility, and reduced total cost of ownership—driving tangible benefits for business-critical workloads.”

“Our collaboration and ongoing enablement activities with Marvell demonstrate our commitment to the CXL 2.0 standard, helping to ensure memory efficiency and seamless deployment across cloud-scale infrastructures,” stated Richelle Ahlvers, director, ecosystem enabling and technology initiatives, Intel.

Structera A 2504 memory-expansion controller block diagram

Enabling Scalable and Efficient Data Center Architectures
The Structera product family, built on CXL 2.0, enables cloud service providers and server OEMs to dramatically increase the memory capacity and bandwidth of servers or add additional computing cores to improve the performance and capabilities of cloud servers efficiently and economically. Structera can also add computing cores for offloading memory-intensive applications such as AI, ML, in-memory databases and HPC.

Key products within Structera portfolio include: 

• Structera A: Near-memory accelerators featuring server-class Arm Neoverse V2 cores, DDR5 support, and up to 1.6 Tbps of memory bandwidth, optimized for high-bandwidth workloads such as deep learning recommendation models (DLRM). 
• Structera X: Memory expansion controllers supporting DDR4 and DDR5 DIMMs, enabling the deployment of terabytes of memory capacity while optimizing both cost efficiency and power consumption. 

The integration of CXL 2.0 technology enables cache coherency and memory pooling across devices, optimizing resource utilization, reducing the need for additional servers, and promoting sustainable data center architectures.