About

My name is Yan Sun, and I am a PhD student in ECE@UIUC, advised by Prof. Nam Sung Kim.

My research focuses on hardware-software co-design with the latest Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Before that, I received a BS degree in Computer Engieering with a minor in Statistic from UIUC in 2021.

Publications

Full List

• Borges: A Low-Latency Distributed Shared Log on a CXL Memory/SSD Hybrid
  SOSP 2026
  CXL SSD Distributed Systems
• CXLalloc: Safe and Efficient Memory Allocation for a CXL Pod
  ASPLOS 2026 paper
  Near Memory Processing Memory Allocator
• MAC: Metadata Acceleration for Sustainable Performance in Big-Data Systems with CXL DRAM
  OSDI 2026 paper
  Near Memory Processing OS
• Tigon: A distributed database for a CXL pod
  OSDI 2025 paper
  Memory Technology Distributed Systems
• M5: Mastering page migration and memory management for CXL-based tiered memory systems
  ASPLOS 2025 paper slides code
  Memory Technology OS
• Lupin: Tolerating Partial Failures in a CXL Pod
  DIMES 2024 paper
  Memory Technology Peripheral Devices Performance Characterization
• Making Sense of Using a SmartNIC to Reduce Datacenter Tax from SLO and TCO Perspectives
  IISWC 2023 paper
  NIC Peripheral Devices Performance Characterization
• Analyzing Energy Efficiency of a Server with a SmartNIC under SLO Constraints
  ISPASS 2023 paper
  NIC Peripheral Devices Performance Characterization
• Demystifying CXL Memory with True CXL-Ready Systems and CXL Memory Devices
  MICRO 2023 paper slides code
  Memory Technology OS
• RAMBDA: RDMA-driven Acceleration Framework for Memory-intensive us-scale Datacenter Applications
  HPCA 2023 paper
  Accelerator Cloud Computing
• STYX: Exploiting SmartNIC Capability to Reduce Datacenter Memory Tax
  ATC 2023 paper
  Accelerator Datacenter Tax