Meta unveiled Vistara, a custom CXL 2.0 ASIC that repurposes DDR4 memory in DDR5-only servers, cutting infrastructure costs and reducing e-waste amid rising

The would-be AI infrastructure provider aims to solve the problem of rising memory prices in a cost-effective way.

Documents presented by Meta at ISCA 2026 this week reveal that its new "MemServers" are powered by AMD's Epyc Turin CPUs, featuring 158 cores and 316 threads.

Meta unveiled Vistara, a custom CXL 2.0 ASIC that repurposes DDR4 memory in DDR5-only servers, cutting infrastructure costs and reducing e-waste amid rising