Storage Visions 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada
Storage Visions 2010 is a great opportunity to connect with Micron experts and gain insight into industry trends that will allow SSDs to take full advantage of NAND’s capabilities, boosting performance and reliability and shifting the PC and server storage landscape.
Keynote Presentation
Organics of SSDs, Dean Klein – Vice President of Memory System Development
With every new technology, there are hurdles to overcome and there will always be the naysayers tripping it up every now and again. This has never rung more true than in the SSD market. But let’s face it, SSDs have staked their claim in the storage market and are here to stay.
Part of SSDs popularity is due to their simple design, but designing them is anything but simple. To get the most performance from an SSD, you need to know NAND, how to manage it and how to manipulate the technology so that it can perform to the best of its ability. Micron is a leader in NAND and is applying that expertise to its portfolio of SSDs. While there are many players in the SSD place, few have expertise in NAND. In his keynote, Dean Klein will explain why understanding the underlying NAND architecture is critical for next-generation SSD performance and endurance. He'll also explain how this NAND expertise will open the door to a wider array of applications.
Micron Presentations
Unleashing the potential of High Speed Storage Interface, Justin Sykes, Director of SSD Marketing
The interfaces used to connect storage to the computing platform continue to increase this 6Gb/s SAS and SATA entering the market now. Work is already under way to define even faster interfaces. This presentation will looks at SSD technology and how it is able to take advantage of these faster interfaces.
Bringing High Endurance NAND Flash Storage to the Data Center, Jim Cooke, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager for NAND
NAND flash has become the default non-volatile memory for most mobile and consumer devices. With the speed enhancements of SuperSpeed USB (480MB/s), higher speed NAND flash is becoming more critical to the success of this emerging standard. In addition, NAND flash is finding its way into content distribution servers, where the lower latency of NAND flash can more than justify the expense. The presentation will address these needs and demonstrate how, by working with several standards organizations (ONFI and JEDEC), Micron is able to provide consumers with a speedier means to accessing, storing and downloading data with its high capacity NAND flash products.