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Flash memory is reliable, low-cost, low-power, semiconductor-based storage. After more than 20 years of development, flash is hitting the mainstream and changing the data storage industry. Dell is offering laptop computers with no hard disk drives – only flash-based “solid state drives.” Intel writes about incorporating flash onto its motherboards. Microsoft’s Windows Vista TM operating system is counting on flash to change the boot up experience for millions of computer users. Even hard disk drive manufacturers are adding flash as a non-volatile cache to their new “hybrid hard disk drives.” Experienced storage companies and many new to the industry are developing their flash strategies.

This two-day seminar from KnowledgeTek provides data storage professionals a clear understanding of the concepts, possibilities, and drawbacks of flash storage. It is presented for those with a technical background, but not necessarily a deep knowledge of semiconductors or hard disk drives. You will learn what flash is and isn’t; the basics of how it works; why flash has beaten hard disk drive in some applications; challenges and opportunities for its wider adoption; skepticism for claims of reliability, low-cost, and low-power; limitations for its future; and what is poised to replace it.

 

Storage Basics Requirements of a Storage System Interfaces ECC Performance Metrics Flash Basics Semiconductor Memory High-level Flash Structure & Terminology - Planes, blocks, pages - NAND and NOR - Erase, program, read - SLC and MLC - Wear-leveling Markets Typical Specs Example Application Flash Technology Transistor Structure & Function The Floating Gate Device Program & Erase Measurements & Materials Fabrication & Testing ITRS Roadmap Minimum Feature Size Semiconductor Manufacturing Overview Memory Testing Storage Devices: Competing or Converging? Hard Disk Drive Solid State Disk Hybrid Hard Drive Turbo Memory Alternative (formerly "Robson")

Wear-Leveling Wear Mechanism in Flash Static & Dynamic Wear-Leveling Review of the Steps in a Typical Application Relation to Data Retention Reading Flash Cells Commands & Voltages Complications - Read Disturb - Program Disturb PRML possibilities for NAND Flash Interfaces & File Systems NVMHCI (Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface) FTL (Flash Translation Layer) FFS (Flash File System) Future Trends Another Technology Transition More Levels per Cell More ECC Possible NAND Flash Replacements - FRAM - MRAM - STT-RAM - PCM - Charge Trap Flash - Nanocrystal - FinFET Observations & Conclusions

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Dates	Days	Location	Price
July 30-31, 2008	T, W	California (Milpitas)	$1,595
August 5-6, 2008	T, W	Colorado (Longmont)	$1,595
August 19-20, 2008	T, W	California (Milpitas)	$1,595
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