Keynote: “Non-volatile memory innovation”

Summary form only given. As flash memory gains its huge momentum in the storage market, people have high expectation on other potential roles that could be played by non-volatile memory. It has been a grand challenge to position selected non-volatile memory technologies in the memory hierAs flash memory gains its huge momentum in the storage market, people have high expectation on other potential roles that could be played by non-volatile memory. It has been a grand challenge to position selected non-volatile memory technologies in the memory hierarchy. In this talk, I will take flash memory and phased change memory (PCM) as examples to address the challenges and design methodologies for non-volatile memory as a storage medium or to serve as the role of DRAM. The talk will be concluded by moving the discussion forward to the opportunities of non-volatile memory in system designs, such as server cache and data storage in data manipulation.archy. In this talk, I will take flash memory and phased change memory (PCM) as examples to address the challenges and design methodologies for non-volatile memory as a storage medium or to serve as the role of DRAM. The talk will be concluded by moving the discussion forward to the opportunities of non-volatile memory in system designs, such as server cache and data storage in data manipulation.