I wonder who all of the “working” members are. In organizations like this one, not all of the members actually work on the standard, and just want to be there to keep up with what’s happening. I know from experience.
My best guess is the founding 9 members, mostly lead by Intel and their clients.
The recent USB4 spec docs point out who were the contributors, and it's not that many companies nor people. One interesting thing I noted about the USB4 contributors, was Lenovo - all of the people on that team were Japanese.
I’d wager that everybody is joining CXL because Intel is too big to ignore. Basically everybody that makes high-performance PCIe boards has to join to stay relevant. This forces companies like Nvidia to join, even if they compete in other arenas. Ditto ARM.
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jeremyshaw - Friday, September 13, 2019 - link
If OpenPOWER joins CXL, I think that will cover nearly all of the HPC industry (maybe Oracle, if they still do anything?).Looking at the list, Nvidia has joined as well (not only via Mellanox; Nvidia formally joined at some point).
The consortium has added a lot of names to its list!
ksec - Saturday, September 14, 2019 - link
Wow, I didn't Catch Nvidia joined as well, which leaves OpenPower as the only one not on the list?I have they have OpenCAPI, not too sure if they are going all in or abandon it.
melgross - Friday, September 13, 2019 - link
I wonder who all of the “working” members are. In organizations like this one, not all of the members actually work on the standard, and just want to be there to keep up with what’s happening. I know from experience.jeremyshaw - Friday, September 13, 2019 - link
My best guess is the founding 9 members, mostly lead by Intel and their clients.The recent USB4 spec docs point out who were the contributors, and it's not that many companies nor people. One interesting thing I noted about the USB4 contributors, was Lenovo - all of the people on that team were Japanese.
Hul8 - Saturday, September 14, 2019 - link
Lenovo probably has a research center in Japan, and that's the one responsible for their USB4 efforts?Elstar - Saturday, September 14, 2019 - link
I’d wager that everybody is joining CXL because Intel is too big to ignore. Basically everybody that makes high-performance PCIe boards has to join to stay relevant. This forces companies like Nvidia to join, even if they compete in other arenas. Ditto ARM.mode_13h - Saturday, September 14, 2019 - link
The diagram mentions "flit format". I assume that's not a typo, so what does it mean?