Speaker

Rich Frietas, IBM Research

Abstract

The dream of replacing the disk drive, with solid-state, nonvolatile random access memory is closer to becoming a reality. There are several technologies under active research and development, such as advanced forms of FLASH, Phase Change Memory, etc.that may fit the bill. These technologies are collectively called Storage Class Memory (SCM) and their advent will likely have a significant impact on the design of both future systems. In this talk I will give a brief overview of several of the SCM technologies and discuss how the technologies could impact computer systems design.