CXL Shared Memory Technology for Accelerating AI Cluster Performance
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Overview
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Learn how CXL shared memory technology revolutionizes AI cluster performance in this technical presentation from MemVerge's Charles Fan. Explore the challenges faced by super-scalable frameworks like Ray, which OpenAI used to train ChatGPT, including network bandwidth contention, data redundancy, and memory usage imbalances. Discover how Gismo (Global IO-Free Memory Object) software leverages CXL technology to overcome inter-node data traffic challenges through shared memory connections, single shared object store implementation, and data skew elimination. Examine impressive performance results showing 675% faster remote data access and 280% faster shuffles compared to traditional approaches, demonstrating a significant breakthrough in AI Large Language Model performance optimization.
Syllabus
CXL Shared Memory Smashes Through the IO Wall for AI Clusters
Taught by
Open Compute Project