Destination Linux
Destination Linux
Deviant Airwaves
430: Interview with John Overton of Kove, Software Defined Memory
1 hour 44 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Intro
Why we turned a 3-minute booth chat into a full interview
John Overton of Kove
Early career & inventing distributed hash tables
Foundational tech that made today's cloud possible
Sandfly Security, agentless Linux security [ad]
John's take on AI
The birth of Kove SDM – why it started
Making "download more RAM" real – memory-pool magic
Kove SDM vs. Compute Express Link (CXL)
What are there new challenges in computing you’re excited to tackle?
Lightning round – guilty pleasures, movies & more
Outro
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Show notes
video: https://youtu.be/viTzTFszR_Q
In this episode of Destination Linux, we interview the founder of Kove, Dr. John Overton, about the journey from co-inventing distributed hash tables that powered the early cloud to his latest breakthrough Kove:SDM, a Software Defined Memory system that literally lets servers "download more RAM". Overton dives into the open source ethos that shaped his career. If you’re passionate about Linux, composable infrastructure, or tech that bends the laws of physics, this conversation is a must watch.
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