Micron And Intel Collaborate On CZ120 Memory Modules: 'Advancing The Adoption Of CXL Memory'

Micron Technology, Inc. MU launched the sample availability of Micron CZ120 memory expansion modules, with higher module capacity and increased bandwidth.

Adding more capacity means better performance, with which organizations can reduce their capital and operating expenses for their data center applications.

The modules come in 128GB and 256GB capacities in the E3.S 2T form factor, which uses a PCIe Gen5 x8 interface. The modules can run up to 36GB/s memory read/write bandwidth.

The CZ120 modules use Compute Express Link (CXL) standards and fully support the CXL 2.0 Type 3 standard. 

"Micron is advancing the adoption of CXL memory with this CZ120 sampling milestone to key customers," said Siva Makineni, vice president of the Micron Advanced Memory Systems Group.

Micron's high-capacity, CXL-based memory expansion modules compose servers with more memory capacity and low latency to meet application workload demands, with up to 96% more daily database queries and 24% greater memory. 

"To accelerate the industry initiative to establish and expand the CXL ecosystem, Intel Corporation INTC is collaborating with Micron to test and evaluate their CZ120 memory expansion module on our 4th generation Xeon Scalable processors and Xeon platforms," said Jim Pappas, director of Technology Initiatives at Intel.

Price Action: MU shares are trading higher by 0.9% to $69.28 on the last check Monday. 

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