<s>
The	O
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
Consortium	O
is	O
a	O
trade	O
group	O
of	O
technology	O
vendors	O
involved	O
in	O
designing	O
CPUs	B-Device
,	O
random	B-Architecture
access	I-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
servers	O
,	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
accelerators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
design	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
royalty-free	O
"	O
memory-semantic	O
"	O
bus	O
protocol	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
memory	O
controller	O
of	O
a	O
CPU	B-Device
,	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
either	O
a	O
switched	B-Architecture
fabric	I-Architecture
or	O
a	O
point-to-point	O
device	O
link	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CPU	B-Device
vendor	O
members	O
include	O
Advanced	O
Micro	O
Devices	O
,	O
ARM	O
Holdings	O
,	O
Broadcom	O
Limited	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
Marvell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
and	O
storage	O
vendor	O
members	O
include	O
Micron	O
Technology	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Seagate	O
Technology	O
,	O
SK	O
Hynix	O
,	O
and	O
Western	O
Digital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Analysts	O
noted	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
Intel	O
,	O
which	O
announced	O
an	O
inter-connect	O
technology	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
called	O
Omni-Path	B-Operating_System
a	O
year	O
before	O
,	O
and	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
NVLink	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
also	O
maintains	O
cooperation	O
with	O
industry	O
alliances	O
such	O
as	O
OpenFabrics	B-General_Concept
,	O
SNIA	O
,	O
and	O
DMTF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
vendors	O
also	O
joined	O
a	O
group	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
cache	B-Architecture
coherent	I-Architecture
interconnect	I-Architecture
for	I-Architecture
accelerators	I-Architecture
(	O
CCIX	O
)	O
protocol	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
GenZ	O
Core	O
specifications	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2018	O
;	O
it	O
defines	O
physical	O
link	O
that	O
rom	O
both	O
PCI	O
Express	O
and	O
50	B-Protocol
Gigabit	I-Protocol
Ethernet	I-Protocol
physical	O
layer	O
(	O
PHY	O
)	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
protocol	O
allows	O
for	O
asymmetric	O
links	O
with	O
more	O
bandwidth	O
in	O
one	O
direction	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
connection	O
topologies	O
like	O
point	O
to	O
point	O
links	O
,	O
daisy-chaining	O
,	O
and	O
switched	B-Architecture
fabrics	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
2	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Compute	O
Express	O
Link	O
(	O
CXL	O
)	O
and	O
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
Consortiums	O
announced	O
a	O
memorandum	O
of	O
understanding	O
(	O
MOU	O
)	O
,	O
describing	O
collaboration	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
the	O
CXL	O
Consortium	O
and	O
the	O
GenZ	O
Consortium	O
signed	O
a	O
letter	O
of	O
intent	O
for	O
Gen-Z	B-General_Concept
to	O
transfer	O
its	O
specifications	O
and	O
assets	O
to	O
CXL	O
,	O
leaving	O
CXL	O
as	O
the	O
sole	O
industry	O
standard	O
moving	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
