In traditional server clusters,high hardware costs associated with basic network infrastructure have hindered the system’s ability to meet the stringent performance requirements for data-intensive workloads.To addres...In traditional server clusters,high hardware costs associated with basic network infrastructure have hindered the system’s ability to meet the stringent performance requirements for data-intensive workloads.To address the limitations of data transmission in such circumstances,we propose TxCocket,an innovative solution for cross-node data transmission based on Compute Express Link(CXL)memory sharing.TxCocket leverages self-developed memory pooling hardware,utilizing CXL shared memory as the medium for data transmission.This approach enables efficient,secure and reliable cross-node transmission.Our test results indicate that TxCocket significantly reduces transmission latency and achieves effective throughput comparable to a 200Gb network interface card(NIC),while costing only 18.7%of conventional network solutions.As the first comprehensive solution for CXL memory sharing,TxCocket effectively circumvents the limitations of CXL 1.1 Specification.Furthermore,with its high performance and cost efficiency,TxCocket certainly demonstrates a very promising architecture for future evolution of intelligent data center.展开更多
文摘In traditional server clusters,high hardware costs associated with basic network infrastructure have hindered the system’s ability to meet the stringent performance requirements for data-intensive workloads.To address the limitations of data transmission in such circumstances,we propose TxCocket,an innovative solution for cross-node data transmission based on Compute Express Link(CXL)memory sharing.TxCocket leverages self-developed memory pooling hardware,utilizing CXL shared memory as the medium for data transmission.This approach enables efficient,secure and reliable cross-node transmission.Our test results indicate that TxCocket significantly reduces transmission latency and achieves effective throughput comparable to a 200Gb network interface card(NIC),while costing only 18.7%of conventional network solutions.As the first comprehensive solution for CXL memory sharing,TxCocket effectively circumvents the limitations of CXL 1.1 Specification.Furthermore,with its high performance and cost efficiency,TxCocket certainly demonstrates a very promising architecture for future evolution of intelligent data center.
