Samsung Electronics is expected to build a 'Red Hat Certified CXL Infrastructure' and enable self-verification of all server components from products to software, enabling rapid product development and provision of customer-tailored solutions.

Samsung Electronics announced on the 25th that it has built the CXL (Compute Express Link) infrastructure certified by Red Hat, a global open source solution leader, for the first time in the industry.

CXL (Compute Express Link) is a next-generation interface for more efficient use of accelerators, DRAM, and storage devices used together with CPUs in high-performance server systems.

Through this, Samsung Electronics can now verify all server components, from CXL-related products to software, at the Samsung Memory Research Center (SMRC) located in the Hwaseong campus.

SMRC (Samsung Memory Research Center) is a research center where customers equipped with Samsung Electronics' memory products can analyze the optimal combination of hardware and software for their servers and evaluate their performance.

Samsung Electronics succeeded in obtaining Red Hat certification for its CMM-D products for the first time in the industry this month, the first achievement made possible by securing this infrastructure.

After completing the CXL product certification in-house, we were able to immediately proceed with the Red Hat registration process, enabling rapid product development and development with customers.We are now able to provide customized solutions by optimizing products from the beginning.

Customers using certified products can receive maintenance services from Red Hat, making it easier to build reliable systems.

In addition, customers can receive △hardware stability guarantee △Linux compatibility guarantee △professional support, etc.

Samsung Electronics and Red Hat are leading the CXL ecosystem by collaborating on software technology as well as hardware.

At the 'Red Hat Summit 2024' held in Denver, USA in May, Samsung Electronics demonstrated improving the performance of a deep learning-based recommendation model (DLRM) by installing CMM-D on a server based on 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3', an enterprise Linux OS.

The demonstration showcases SMDK's memory interleaving technology that optimizes the operation of CXL memory, a next-generation solution, to increase both memory capacity and performance.

Based on this, fast data processing and AI learning/inference acceleration are possible, allowing customers to implement AI models with better performance without additional facility investment.

Samsung Electronics and Red Hat plan to strengthen their partnership to expand the CXL memory ecosystem and present new technology standards, thereby providing customer solutions suitable for various user systems.

“We are very pleased to be able to provide customers with more reliable CXL memory products through this collaboration with Red Hat,” said Song Taek-sang, managing director of the DRAM solutions team at Samsung Electronics’ Memory Business Division. “Through continued collaboration between our two companies covering both hardware and software, we will take the lead in developing innovative memory solutions and advancing the CXL ecosystem.”

“The collaboration between Samsung Electronics and Red Hat demonstrates the importance of open source technology in expanding next-generation memory solutions such as CMM-D,” said Kim Kyung-sang, CEO of Red Hat Korea. “The two companies will continue to work together to expand the market for CXL solutions.”

In the future, Samsung Electronics plans to solidify its technological leadership by introducing various products suitable for the AI era based on this infrastructure acquisition.