PLDA XpressLINK™ CXL Controller IP combines the industry's lowest latency
implementation with an easy-to-integrate design, accelerating adoption of
CXL in SoC designs.


SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 1, 2020 — PLDA, the industry
leader in high-speed interconnect solutions, today announced the successful CXL™
interoperability with pre-production Intel Xeon processors code named Sapphire Rapids.
The session was conducted at Intel's Industry Enabling Labs as part of a long-term
collaboration between PLDA and Intel's industry enabling group. It resulted in
demonstrated interoperability between PLDA's XpressLINK™ CXL IP, running on a PLDA
FPGA-based add-in card, and Intel's development platform equipped with pre-production
“Sapphire Rapids” processors.PLDA XpressLINK controller implements the CXL.io,
CXL.cache, and CXL.mem sub-protocols as specified in the recently released CXL 2.0
Specification, and is already being designed-in at leading technology companies.


According to Stephane Hauradou, CTO at PLDA “Today's demonstration of
interoperability between PLDA's XpressLINK CXL IP, which delivers the lowest latency
in the industry, and a cutting edge CPU like pre-production Intel Sapphire Rapids
processor, is a critical step in assuring SoC designers of the robustness of our CXL
implementation”.


“CXL will be a foundational interconnect technology in the data centers and networks
of the future,” said Dr. Debendra Das Sharma, Intel Fellow and Director of I/O
Technology and Standards Group, Data Center Group. “The availability of third party
silicon IP like the PLDA XpressLINK CXL Controller IP lowers integration risks and helps
ensure quicker proliferation of the CXL protocol across the industry ecosystem.”


PLDA XpressLINK and XpressLINK-SOC CXL IP are highly parameterized Compute
Express Link (CXL) controller Soft IP designed to the latest CXL Specification and
architected for SoC, ASIC, and FPGA implementation. XpressLINK and XpressLINK-SOC
are available for licensing immediately and are already designed in at several
leading-edge technology companies. Readers interested in learning more about PLDA
CXL interconnect solutions can visit PLDA website:

       •   XpressLINK-SOC CXL Controller with Configurable AMBA AXI Interconnect:           
            https://www.plda.com/products/xpresslink-soc-controller-ip-cxl
       •   XpressLINK CXL Controller with CPI interconnect:
            https://www.plda.com/products/xpresslink-controller-ip-cxl


About the Compute Express Link (CXL) protocol
Compute Express Link™ (CXL) is a high-speed CPU interconnect designed to solve the
challenge of improving performance and removing bottlenecks between CPUs and other
important computing system components like GPUs, memory, and FPGAs.
For more information about the CXL technology, visit the CXL Consortium website at
https://www.computeexpresslink.org/.


About PLDA
PLDA is a developer and licensor of Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) specializing
in high-speed interconnect supporting multi-gigabit rates (2.5G, 5G, 8G, 16G, 25G, 32G,
56G, 112G), and protocols such as PCI Express, CXL, CCIX, and Gen-Z.
PLDA has established itself as a leader in that space with over 3,200 customers and 6,400
licenses in 62 countries. PLDA is a global technology company with offices in Silicon Valley,
France, Bulgaria, Taiwan, and China.