Leendert van Doorn, Distinguished Engineer from Gen-Z Consortium™ member company Microsoft recently joined us for a talk about Microsoft’s involvement in the Consortium as well as a look at what’s on the horizon. Why did Microsoft decide to join the Gen-Z Consortium? Largely it’s because we were hoping to see more unification take place. With … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Member Spotlight – Microsoft
Gen-Z Fabric Management Gains Momentum with MoU Agreement
In light of the recently announced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) and public release of the Gen-Z Fabric Management Specification 0.7 Draft, the Gen-Z Consortium continues to expand its investment in fabric management. The agreement with the OFA will advance industry standardization of open-source fabric … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Consortium donates specifications to SNIA SFF
You may have noticed some recent changes to the Gen-Z Consortium Specifications Page. Earlier this year, the Consortium donated six Gen-Z-developed mechanical form factor and connector specifications to SNIA SFF. Contributing these specifications to the SNIA SFF Technology Affiliate (TA) enables a broader range of applications to adopt the … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Consortium Member Spotlight – IntelliProp
Design IP Critical to Gen-Z Enablement By Larry Cleland, Sales & Marketing Director, IntelliProp Based in Longmont, CO, IntelliProp, Inc. develops ASSP Products, licensable IP cores and highly integrated IP Products for Memory and Data Storage applications. IntelliProp’s belief in the promise of Gen-Z led to the decision to develop … [Read more...]
Gen-Z Consortium Member Spotlight – Samtec
By Matt Burns, Technical Marketing Manager, Samtec, Inc. Why did Samtec decide to join the Gen-Z Consortium? Computing architectures are evolving faster than ever before. From cache coherence, open systems interconnects and system acceleration, the demand to get ones and zeros from point A to point B (or multiple locations!) just won’t stop. … [Read more...]
