Mike Witkowski

Experience

1. Senior Distinguished Technologist

   Hewlett Packard Enterprise

   Mar 2008 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   For the last several years, I have been part of a team of technologists developing the strategy and architecture for industry standard memory semantic fabrics and interconnect technology beginning with Gen-Z and now Compute Express Link (CXL). CXL supports the interconnect of CPUs, memory (volatile, non-volatile, and persistent storage class), accelerators (GPUs, FPGA, etc.), I/O, and storage components. CXL is scalable from single computer systems, to modular enclosures, to rack-scale systems. I have developed numerous white papers that were posted to the Gen-Z consortium website and have developed a series of presentations about CXL technology and solutions for HPE internal audiences, as well as those for HPE customers. I am currently actively leading the development of POC and prototype CXL-enable solutions that will drive the design and architecture of HPE\'s future CXL-enabled product lines. To learn more, see the CXL Consortium website at http://computeexpresslink.org. Prior to Gen-Z I served as the primary architect of the networking and fabric subsystems for the new HPE Synergy system. I conceived and developed the central/satellite switch architecture for Synergy that enables cost effective, high performance expansion of an Ethernet fabric across multiple Synergy frames. Prior to Synergy, I led the HPE Server group\'s strategy and architecture for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and HPE\'s Virtual Connect product line for HPE\'s c-Class Blade Server platform. Currently, I am part of the Advanced Development (CTO) team in HPE\'s Compute Business Unit (BU).

Education

• Texas A&M University

  BS

  1980 — 1985

Skills

• Data Center Networking
• System Software Architecture and Design
• Computer and Embedded Hardware Design
• Innovation Development
• Gen-Z Architecture and Design
• Fpga Prototyping