Persistent Memory Summit 2021

 

 

Thank you for attending the Summit! 

Videos from the 2021 event are now available on our PM+CS Summit 2021 Playlist.  Videos and presentation PDFs are now available in the SNIA Educational Library, and you can check out each one linked to its agenda session below.

SNIA’s 9th annual Summit was a success with a new name and an expanded focus - Persistent Memory + Computational Storage - from the data center to the edge.  The Summit moved to a two-day virtual platform April 21-22, 2021. 

But even in a unique 2021, much remained the same. Attendees saw leading technology experts discussing real world applications and use cases, providing insights on technology trends and futures, and networking  in "live via the internet" panels and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. We have also extended beyond the Summit end the  Persistent Memory Workshop and Hackathon with access to new cloud-based PM systems for more learning opportunities. 

 

We had great feedback on our video tutorials on computational storage and persistent memory.  In only 30 minutes you can get the basics to continue conversations with colleagues.

Interested in learning more about SNIA activities in these technology areas?  Check out our Persistent MemoryComputational Storage, and Compute, Memory & Storage Initiative pages for details.

 

 

2021 Persistent Memory + Computational Storage Summit Agenda 

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

9:00 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks and State of the Union
Jim Pappas, SNIA Board of Directors, Director of Technology Initiatives, Intel Corporation
Video and Presentation

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Future of Persistent Memory, DRAM, and SSD Form Factors Aligned with New System Architectures
Arthur Sainio, Director, Product Marketing, SMART Modular Technologies
VIdeo and Presentation

10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. The Persistent Memory Connection - How to Attach PM in Computing Systems?
Jonathan Hinkle, Executive Director and Distinguished Researcher, Systems Architecture, Lenovo
Video and Presentation
10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

NVMe Computational Storage: A New Hope for Accelerators and DPUs
Stephen Bates, Chief Technology Officer, Eideticom
Video and Presentation

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Dynamic Trends in Non-Volatile Memory Technologies
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis
Video and Presentation

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m

What Does the Future Hold for Persistent Memory? A Panel Discussion
Moderated by Dave Eggleston, Principal, Intuitive Cognition Consulting  
Video and Presentation

12:35 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. CXL 2.0 - Architecture and Benefits for Computational Storage
David Wang, Director, Memory Product Planning, Samsung Semiconductor
Video and Presentation
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Security in Computational Storage Drives 
David McIntyre, Director, Product Planning and Business Enablement, Samsung Corporation
Video and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. The Challenges of Measuring Persistent Memory Performance
Eduardo Berrocal, Sr. Software Engineer, Intel Corporation and Keith Orsak, Master Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Video and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Benefits of Computation in CSD, CSA, CSP 
A Panel Discussion moderated by Mike Heumann, Managing Partner, G2M Communications
Video and Presentation
2:20 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

How Computational Storage Can Become a new Standard for Cloud Architectures
Jerome Gaysse, Senior Technology and Marketing Analyst, Silinnov Consulting
Video and Presentation

2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Recap of Day and Closing Remarks
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis
Video and Presentation
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Birds-of-a-Feather - Computational Storage
SNIA Computational Storage TWG and SIG Members
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Networking Reception 
All attendees

Thursday, April 22, 2021

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. State of the Computational Storage Market - A Supplier's View
Scott Shadley, Co-Chair, SNIA Computational Storage TWG, VP Marketing, NGD Systems
Video and Presentation
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Four Top Use Cases for Big Memory Today and Tomorrow
Dr. Charles Fan, CEO and Founder, MemVerge
Video and Presentation
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.

Practical Computational Storage:  Performance, Value, and Limitations
Bradley Settlemyer, Sr. Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Video and Presentation

10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Persistent Memory on CXL
Andy Rudoff, Member,, CXL and Persistent Memory SW Architect, Intel Corporation
Video and Presentation
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Why Distributed AI Needs Computational Storage
Michael Kagan, CTO, NVIDIA
Video and Presentation
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Present and Future Uses for Computational Storage and Persistent Memory: A Panel Discussion
Moderated by Dave Eggleston, Principal, Intuitive Cognition Consulting 
Video and Presentation

12:35 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Beyond Zoned Namespace - What Do Applications Want?
Chun Liu, Chief Architect, Futurewei Technologies
VIdeo and Presentation
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.

A New Path to Better Data Movement within System Memory, Computational Memory with SDXI
Shyam Iyer, Chair, SNIA SDXI Technical Work Group; Distinguished Engineer, Dell
Video and Presentation

1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Security Impacts to a Changing Storage Ecosystem
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Jason Molgaard, Arm
VIdeo and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. CXL: Expanding the Memory Ecosystem
A Panel Discussion Moderated by Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates
Video and Presentation
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Recap of Day and Closing Remarks
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis
Video and Presentation

 

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