Flash Memory Summit is August 11-13

Obviously flash memory technology is a very big deal in almost all application areas. And, there’s no single place better than the Flash Memory Summit to become an expert in this key area. Starting Tuesday at 8:30 am there will be 1 hour forums on PCIe storage, architectures, SSDs. enterprise storage, enterprise applications, and business. There will be pre-conference seminars on Monday 10 August from 8 am to 5 pm covering a verity of memory topics. 

Usually I name the keynote speakers when covering conferences, but since the Flash Summit has fourteen keynotes during the three days, I won’t be able to do that here. Suffice to say the half-hour keynotes are from 11:00 to 12:30 in the morning each of the three days and again from around 1:30 to 3:00 in the afternoon. You can see the schedule at www.flashmemorysummit.com. 

There will be more than 90 exhibitors on hand to answer your every question. Exhibit floor hours are: Tuesday 4:00 – 7:00 pm, Wednesday Noon – 7:00 pm, and Thursday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Here are notes from just a few of the exhibitors: 

SanDisk 's recently announced InfiniFlash is a massive scale-out, all-flash storage system that provides boundless scale, efficiency, and resiliency for hyperscale and cloud workloads.

The Flashtec NVRAM drive from PMC-Sierra

PMC will be showcasing its Flashtec NVRAM drives and NVMe controller ICs. They will be unveiling new solutions to accelerate high-performance PCIe SSD deployments in Cloud Data Centers and Enterprise Storage Systems.

Samsung will show off their PM953 SSD, said to be the most advanced solid state drive in the industry. It combines 3D V-NAND with the latest 3-bit flash and NVMe PCIe technologies and delivers extremely high speeds, great value, and high write endurance, making it a prime choice for data center and enterprise storage applications.