Memory And Storage Experts Share Highlights From FMS 2024
SearchStorage, Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
Industry experts look back on the expanded FMS 2024, weighing in on the big takeaways and what discussions say about the future of the storage and memory markets.
FMS used to be known as the Flash Memory Summit, but was rebranded this year to include other storage technologies such as HDDs and archives. The change "reflects the expanded scope, beyond flash and SSD, that we have been implementing in recent years," said Chuck Sobey, chief scientist at ChannelScience and general chair at FMS.
The show featured familiar themes such as AI, where discussions focused on quantum memory, or memory based on qubits instead of bits; high-bandwidth memory; stacked DRAM for high-performance computing (HPC) use cases; and blended memory using interfaces such as Compute Express Link (CXL). It also featured familiar topics such as the continuing need for HDDs to meet storage demands, flexible data placement and zoned storage for optimal data placement on quad-level cell (QLC) flash.