Computational Storage

Updated January 2024

SNIA and the Compute, Memory, and Storage Initiative (CMSI) technical work and marketing initiatives are part of the SNIA Accelerate Data Focus Area and an exciting direction of adding computation to the normal storage features of devices and systems to realize a significant performance and infrastructure scaling advantage.

SNIA Computational Storage TWG Co-Chairs Bill Martin and Jason Molgaard review SNIA Computational Storage activities in this SNIA Storage Developer Conference presentation

The industry is seeing an increase in customer requirements to move compute closer to traditional storage devices and systems.  Computational Storage solutions typically target applications where the demand to process ever-growing storage workloads is outpacing traditional compute server architectures. These applications include AI, big data, content delivery, database, machine learning and many others that are used industry-wide.  

The SNIA Computational Storage Special Interest Group (SIG), a part of the CMSI,  evangelizes SNIA's technical work in computational storage, including developing white papers and webcasts, and speaking at SNIA and industry events. Check out their latest activities:

• A new Total Cost of Ownership for Computational Storage - Compression white paper
• Videos on the latest real-world computational storage use cases
• A"Geek Out on Computational Storage" education page with videos on computational storage architectures, applications, and futures.

Check out the CMSI Knowledge Center and the SNIA Educational Library (search for "computational") for even more materials.