Unshackling Memory!
summary
Claimed goal is to unshackle DRAM from the CPU: an open, Ethernet-based coherent memory fabric called Omni Extend that lets accelerators and disparate processors share main memory without routing through a host. Proof points include an actual Houdini board using a Barefoot Tofino 340W switch, open-source P4 switch code, an open-source swerve core with a taped-out SoC and plans to migrate a billion cores/year to RISC‑V; also a first embedded multi‑threaded real‑time core and a one‑click PlatformIO dev stack.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:10Ecosystem
- 3:55Western Digital
- 9:00The Problem
- 14:13Open Source
- 15:37Data Center Architecture
- 18:42Memory Protocol Chart
- 20:46Houdini
- 24:04Swerve
- 27:05Multithreaded swerve
- 28:44Recap
- 29:26Whats Next
- 30:30Party
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