AMD reports 95% server performance with half the DRAM using MEXT

AMD says its MEXT memory software retains 95% of full-server performance in Synopsys PrimeTime while using 50% of the physical DRAM. The company has deployed it on 145 internal servers and plans to expand to 2,000 next year. MEXT moves infrequently accessed memory pages to flash storage and uses an AI model to predict when to bring them back. AMD says it runs on one EPYC core without a GPU. AMD has partnered with HPE on servers prepared for MEXT, but has not given a date for customer licenses. Tom's Hardware says AMD had not shared benchmark footnotes needed to assess its test methods.