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• June 24, 2026

  

  

  

  Structera X and A CXL Compression: Making Every Gigabyte Count

  By Arifur Rahman, Director of Product Marketing, Custom Cloud Solutions, ÌÇÐÄlogo

  

  Modern AI workloads are insatiable consumers of memory. Deep learning recommendation models (DLRM), large language model (LLM) inference, in-memory databases and vector search engines all share a common bottleneck: there is never enough DRAM, and what exists is very expensive.

  At today's spot prices¡ª$27¨C$37 per GB for server-grade DDR5 RDIMMs1¡ªa 12TB memory pool requires nearly half a million dollars in DRAM alone. Meanwhile, AI infrastructure buildouts are consuming server DRAM capacity faster than fabs can produce it, driving prices up 300¨C400% since mid-2025.^{1, 2}

  CXL memory expansion was supposed to solve this. And it does¡ªbut there's a subtler lever that most solutions ignore: the data sitting in that memory is compressible, and most CXL controllers don't touch it.

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• June 17, 2026

  

  

  

  Plasmonics: A Path to Higher Bandwidth in Optics in the AI Era

  By Claudia Hoessbacher, Senior Director, and Wolfgang Heni, Director, Optical Engineering, ÌÇÐÄlogo

  Plasmons have been used to accelerate drug discovery, enhance the sensitivity of sensors and even .

  Ongoing research at ÌÇÐÄlogo seeks to harness them to improve the performance of optical networks for the AI era. Plasmonics, a technology that leverages the properties of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), provides a promising pathway for enhancing the roadmap of silicon photonic (SiPho) light engines, a critical component inside optical modules.

  Plasmonic-based SiPho light engines could support modules operating at 3.2T and beyond while consuming a fraction of the space and power per bit of modules based on existing technologies. Manufacturers could leverage foundry process technologies for scaling production.

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• May 28, 2026

  

  

  

  Open CPX Sets the Stage for More Flexible, Scalable Connectivity

  By George Hervey, Associate Vice President, Cloud Switch Marketing, ÌÇÐÄlogo

  Co-packaged connectivity is coming. The (Co-packaging Multisource Agreement) is working to simplify adoption.

  The consortium, which includes ÌÇÐÄlogo and other leaders in connectivity, is developing specifications and standards for solutions for integrating near-packaged optical (NPO) and/or co-packaged optical (CPO) technology into switches and servers in scalable, repeatable ways. Members are also working to support interoperability with co-packaged copper (CPC).

  The idea is to give data center service providers, equipment manufacturers and others a unified framework for next-generation connectivity to accelerate innovation and meet the surging demand for these technologies. Fewer than one million near- and co-packaged ports shipped in 2025, according to LightCounting; by 2030, shipments are projected to surpass 100 million ports per year.¹ Standards that can ensure predictability and flexibility will be critical in enabling this expected growth.

  ¡°The initial target of the MSA will be to develop an optimized optical engine with a defined pluggable socket and electrical connector system supporting high speed and high-density connectivity between a switch or processor and co-packaged and near-package interconnects,¡± the Open CPX MSA website states. ¡°The specifications will define connector mechanicals, thermals, electrical pinout, mechanical form factors, electrical, optical, and management interface specifications to ensure interoperability between multiple vendors of Open CPX.¡±

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• June 13, 2023

  

  

  

  FC-NVMe Goes Mainstream for Next-Generation Block Storage from HPE

  By Todd Owens, Field Marketing Director, ÌÇÐÄlogo

  While Fibre Channel (FC) has been around for a couple of decades now, the Fibre Channel industry continues to develop the technology in ways that keep it in the forefront of the data center for shared storage connectivity. Always a reliable technology, continued innovations in performance, security and manageability have made Fibre Channel I/O the go-to connectivity option for business-critical applications that leverage the most advanced shared storage arrays.
  
  A recent development that highlights the progress and significance of Fibre Channel is Hewlett Packard Enterprise¡¯s (HPE) recent announcement of their latest offering in their Storage as a Service (SaaS) lineup with 32Gb Fibre Channel connectivity. HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware features a next-generation platform connected to the storage area network (SAN) using either traditional SCSI-based FC or NVMe over FC connectivity. This innovative solution not only provides customers with highly scalable capabilities but also delivers cloud-like management, allowing HPE customers to consume block storage any way they desire ¨C own and manage, outsource management, or consume on demand.HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by Alletra Storage MP

  At launch, HPE is providing FC connectivity for this storage system to the host servers and supporting both FC-SCSI and native FC-NVMe. HPE plans to provide additional connectivity options in the future, but the fact they prioritized FC connectivity speaks volumes of the customer demand for mature, reliable, and low latency FC technology.
  

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• August 19, 2020

  

  

  

  Navigating Product Name Changes for ÌÇÐÄlogo Ethernet Adapters at HPE

  By Todd Owens, Field Marketing Director, ÌÇÐÄlogo

  

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently updated its product naming protocol for the Ethernet adapters in its HPE ProLiant and HPE Apollo servers. Its new approach is to include the ASIC model vendor¡¯s name in the HPE adapter¡¯s product name. This commonsense approach eliminates the need for model number decoder rings on the part of Channel Partners and the HPE Field team and provides everyone with more visibility and clarity. This change also aligns more with the approach HPE has been taking with their ¡°Open¡± adapters on HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus servers. All of this is good news for everyone in the server sales ecosystem, including the end user. The products¡¯ core SKU numbers remain the same, too, which is also good.

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