- Xcena introduced the MX1 Computational Memory with thousands of RISC-V-Kernes on FMS 2025
- MX1 offers near-data treatment Reduction of CPU memory costs and enables Petabyte-Scale SSD supported extension
- Product R controversy Includes MX1P this year and MX1S in 2026 that supports CXL 3.2
At the recent FMS 2025 event (formerly Flash Memory Summit, but now called Future of Memory and Storage to better fit the expanded focus), the South Korean startup removed the XCENA wrapping of its first product, MX1 Computational Memory.
MX1 is built on PCIE Gen6 and Compute Express Link 3.2 standard. By placing calculation directly next to the dram, the chip is able to reduce the cost of moving data back and forth between processors and memory.
Known as near-data treatment, this approach could well affect how servers are designed in the coming years.
Thousands of RISC-V kernes
Xcena says it has stuffed “thousands” of internal RISC-V kernes into MX1 to deal with workloads such as vector database operations, analyzes and memory-heavy queries.
SSD-supported memory expansion enables Petabyte scale capacity while adding compression and reliability features.
Servethehome Reports There will be two different models available. MX1P is expected later in the year (Xcena says work samples will be made available to choose partners starting in October), while the MX1s with double PCIe Gen6 X8 links and additional features are intended for release in 2026.
Both will benefit from the wider bandwidth and flexibility offered by the CXL 3.2 standard.
The product won the award “Most Innovative Memory Technology” on FMS 2025, making it the company’s second equal recognition at the event after he was named “most innovative startup” in 2024.
“Calculation memory represents a growing architectural approach aimed at speeding up performance and efficiency, especially for data -intensive tasks. This is done by minimizing data movement between treatment and memory components,” said Jay Kramer, President of the Price Prize and President of Network Store Counselors.
“We are proud to recognize Xcena with MX1, the world’s first calculation mint controller that supports CXL 3.x and enables high-throughput-acceleration for data-intensive work loads such as AI and analysis.”
In the hope of driving interest in its product, Xcena, founded in 2022 as Metisx, offers a software development set that includes drivers, runtime libraries and tools.
The stack is designed to fit standard environments so that developers can evaluate and implement MX1 in applications ranging from AI-inference to in-memory analysis.
