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Flash Memory Summit 2009 Proceedings

Tuesday, August 11th

8:30-11:20am

Forum F1A: Flash Memory in Embedded Systems

	Driving SSD Storage into Today's Embedded Systems Computing Architecture's Grady Lambert,Director Flash Engineer,MART Modular Technologies
	Accelerating eMMC™ Adoption: From Spec to Silicon Scott Glenn, Senior Staff - Business Development, SanDisk and Somnath Viswanath, Product Marketing Manager, Arasan Chip Systems
	Improving Power Budgeting Estimates in NAND Applications Michael Abraham, Applications Engineering Manager, Micron Technology, Inc.
	Secure Erasure of Flash Memory Adrian Caulfield, PhD Student in the Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory, UCSD
	Reverse Engineering Techniques in CMOS Based Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) Craig Zajac, Product Marketing Manager - Embedded NVM, Virage Logic

8:30-11:20am

Forum F1B: Flash Memory-Based Architectures: A Technical Discussion (Part 1)

	Introduction Brian A. Berg, Independent Consultant, Berg Software Design
	An In-Depth Examination of the Workings of an Enterprise-Class SD David Flynn, CTO, Fusion-io
	Accommodating Solid State Storage in Your Favorite OS Justin Sykes, SSD Marketing Director, Micron Technology Inc.
	Demystifying the SSD — Its limitations, Usage and Benefits Scott Stetzer, Director - Enterprise SSD and Scott Shadley, Sr. Technical Manager - SSD Marketing, STEC, Inc.

8:30-10:00am

Forum F1C: Flash in Enterprise Storage Systems (Part I)

	Introduction & Overview Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
	Using Solid State Storage to Accelerate Share-Nothing Database Mirrored Architectures Sumeet Bansal, Principal Sulutions Architect, Fusion-IO (Abstract / Bio)
	Solid State Disk Technology — Where Does it Fit for Customer Applications? Rob Peglar, VIce President - Technology, Xiotech Corporation
	Optimizing Flash Storage With Linearization Software Doug Dumitru, CTO, EasyCo
	A Case for Flash Memory SSD in OLTP Applications Sang-Won Lee,Associate Professor, Sungkyunjwan University
	Insight into SSDs impact on Client Notebooks Munif Farhan, Client Storage Senior Engineer, Dell Inc.

10:15-11:20am

Forum F1C: Flash in Enterprise Storage Systems (Part II)

	Roadmap for Enterprise System SSD Adoption Larry Chiu, STSM, Storage Research Manager, IBM
	Securing Flash and Solid State Drives Dr. Marco A.A. Sanvido, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Trusted Computing Group) (Abstract / Bio)
	Why Do SSDs Mimic Hard Drive Form Factors? Steve Garceau, Flash Product Manager, Viking Modular Solutions

11:30am-Noon

Keynote 1

Forging a Future in Memory - New Technologies, New Markets, New Applications

Ed Doller, Chief Technology Officer, Numonyx

1:00-1:30pm

Keynote 2

Open Source Flash - The Next Frontier

Michael Cornwell, Lead Technologist - Flash Memory, Sun Microsystems.

1:30-2:30pm

Special Plenary Session on Green Flash

Green Storage in Datacenters — The case for SSDs

Esther Spanjer, Director - SSD Marketing, SMART Modular Technologies

2:40-5:30pm

Forum F2A: Solid State Drives (SSDs)

	Integrating Solid State Storage and DRAM onto Standard Memory Module Form Factor (SSDDR) Phan Hoang, V.P. of Research & Development, Virtium Technology., Inc. (Abstract / Bio)
	Testing SSD's vs. HDD's — The Same - But Different Anthony Lavia, President & CEO, Flexstar Technology (Abstract / Bio)
	3D IC Architecture for SSD-in-a-Chip Sang-Yun Lee, CEO, BeSang Inc. (Abstract / Bio)
	Benchmarking SSDs: The Devil is in the Preconditioning Details Kent Smith, Sr. Dir. Product Marketing, SandForce
	What's up with these numbers? The Need for Performance Benchmarking Standardization Esther Spanjer, Director - SSD Marketing, SMART Modular Technologies

2:40-5:30pm

Forum F2B: Flash Memory-Based Architectures: A Technical Discussion (Part 2)

	Introduction Brian A. Berg, Independent Consultant, Berg Software Design
	SSD Architecture Considerations for a Spectrum of Enterprise Applications Alan Fitzgerald, VP and CTO, SMART Modular Technologies
	Using the Appropriate Wear Leveling to Extend Product Lifespan Bill Roman, Software Architect, Datalight
	High-Speed NAND Flash — Design Considerations to Maximize Performance Bob Pierce, Senior Director of Flash Products, Denali Software

4:00-5:30pm

Forum F2C: Flash Enterprise Storage Systems (Part IV)

How SSD Changes IT Enterprise Architectures Panel

Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager, IDC

Wednesday, August 12th

8:30-10:50am

Tutorial T1A: Designing Products with Flash Memory

	ONFI Update: Tastes Great, Less Filling Jim Cooke, NAND Marketing, Micron Technology, Inc.
	Storage SoC controller trends — Balancing performance and power Lakshmi Mandyam, Enterprise Segment Manager, ARM
	Performance Impact of Flash Memory on Multi-Core Android-Based Smartphone Takeshi Ohkawa, Principal Software Platform Architect, TOPS Systems Corp (Ibaraki, Japan)
	PCIe: do we need anything else? Dr. Alessandro Fin, SMART Modular Technologies
	Automatic, Fast & Thorough — Test Automation of Flash Memory Cards Gilad Chitayat, VP Sales & Marketing, QualiSystems

8:30-10:50am

Tutorial T1B: SNIA Tutorials — SSDs In Enterprise Storage (Part I)

	Introduction Dennis Martin, President, Demartek
	Overview and Current Topics in Solid State Storage Rob Peglar, Xiotech Corporation
	NAND Flash Solid State Storage: Performance and Capacity — an In-depth Look Lance Smith, Senior VP Product Marketing,Fusion-io
	Storage Class Memory — the Future of Solid State Storage Rich Freitas, IBM

8:30-10:50am

Tutorial T1C: Executive Update

	High Capacity SSDs in the Enterprise Scott Shadley, Sr. Technical Manager - SSD Marketing, STEC, Inc.
	NAND Flash Viability for Enterprise SSD Steffen Hellmold, SandForce, Inc. (Abstract / Bio)
	Preparing Enterprise Flash Drives (EFDs) for Prime Time — Do More For Less Greg Goelz, Pliant Technology, Inc.
	The Fallacy of Universal Memory Bob Merritt, Partner, Convergent Semiconductors (Abstract / Bio)

8:30-9:45am

Session 101: Does Flash Really Save Power in IT?

	Introduction Chuck Sobey, ChannelScience
	Power Saving Architectures Enabled by Smarter Software Adam Leventhal, Fishworks Flash Architect, Sun Microsystems
	Power Requirements for Multi-Bit Per Cell NAND Flash Terry Grunzke, Micron Technology, Inc.
	Tapping SSS to Tame the Power Hungry Data Center Marius Tudor, Fusion-IO
	Life Cycle Power Consumption HDD Vs. SSD Debasis Baral, Storage Labs, Samsung Information Systems America

11:00-11:30am

Keynote 3

Breaking Down the Barriers: Bringing Disruptive Memory Technology to Market

Ali Pourkeramati, Chief Technology Officer, Spansion Inc.

11:30am-Noon

Keynote 4

Flash Storage: on the road to recovery

Eli Harari, Chairmen and CEO, SanDisk

2:00-2:30pm

Keynote 5

NAND Continues to Soar (App after App after App…)

Jim Elliott, VP Memory Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.

2:30-3:00pm

Keynote 6

How SSDs are Changing the Computing Paradigm

François Piednoel, Senior Performance Analyst, Intel

3:15-5:30pm

Tutorial T2A: New Approaches to Nonvolatile Memory Subsystems

	Introduction John Geldman, Lexar Media and Stephan Rosner, Spansion
	Improving System Performance and Longevity with a New NAND Flash Architecture Jin-Ki Kim, Vice President, Research & Development, MOSAID Technologies Inc.
	Extending the NVMHCI Standard to Enterprise Amber Huffman, Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation
	3-Bits/Cell NAND Flash Terry Grunzke, Micron Technology, Inc.
	NAND Flash Architecture and Specification Trends Michael Abraham, Applications Enginering Manager, Micron Technology, Inc..
	Toggle-Mode NAND to Fill Growing Need for Higher Performance Ha Ryong (Harry) Yoon, Sr. Manager in Technical Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.

3:15-5:30pm

Tutorial T2B: SNIA Tutorials — SSDs in Enterprise Storage (Part II)

Storage Best Practices for Microsoft Server Applications

Dennis Martin, President, Demartek

3:15-4:30pm

Session 103: Data Center Applications

	The Need For Higher-Level Software for Flash Adam Leventhal, Fishworks Flash Architect, Sun Microsystems
	The DNA of Next-Generation Datacenters Dr. John R. Busch, Co-Founder and CEO, Schooner Information Technology
	Flash In the Data Center — Enterprise-grade Silicon Storage Morgan Littlewood, VP Marketing and BD, Violin Memory, Inc.

3:15-4:30pm

Session 104: Security I

	High Throughput Encryption for Flash Memories Dmitri Varsanofiev, IP Cores, Inc. (Abstract / Bio)
	Encryption Comes to Near-Mainstream SSDs Tony Kim, Technical Marketing Director, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
	The Challenges of Security, Data Recovery, and Data Disposal with Flash/SSD Sean R. Barry, Sr. Data Recovery Engineer, Kroll Ontrack
	Trusted Computing Group Opal Self-Encrypting Drives Robert Thibadeau, Ph.D, Office of CEO, Wave Systems Corp.

4:30-5:30pm

Session 105: Consumer Applications I

	Consumer Electronics Teardowns and Repairability of Device Design (link, 38MB) Kyle Wiens, iFixit
	Choosing the Right Non-Volatile Memory for Your Application Needs Chris Moore, SanDisk
	Retail Channel Dynamics of Flash Memory Products Andy Higginbotham, PriceG2, Inc.
	High Performance future Mobile Storage Requirements & The Importance of Random Operations Sean In, INDILINX

4:30-5:30pm

Session 106: NOR Flash

	Modifying a DRAM controller to support LPDDR2-NVM Marc Greenberg, Director - Technical Marketing, Denali Software, Inc.
	NOR Market Changes Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
	SPI Flash Memory: Future Trends and Applications Kevin Widmer, Director of Strategic Marketing, Spansion Inc.
	MMI: A General Narrow Interface for Memory Devices Judy Chen and Eric Linstadt, Rambus Inc.

Thursday, August 13th

8:30-9:40am

Plenary Session — Life Beyond Flash: New Non-Volatile Memory Technologies

	Non-volatile STT-RAM: A True Universal Memory Farhad Tabrizi, Grandis Inc.
	A Novel Embedded OTP Memory Bit Cell Based on Oxide Breakdown Jim Lipman, Sidense Corp. (Abstract / Bio)
	TAS-MRAM Production Ready & Scalable "From Lab to Fab" Ken Hines, VP Business Development, Crocus Technology
	New Abstrations for Fast Non-Volatile Storage Joel Coburn, Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory, UCSD
	Flash Memory Summit Storage Class Memory — SMOx™ Memory Technology - Applications & Products Darrell Rinerson, Founder/Chairman/President/CEO, Unity Semiconductor

10:00-10:50am

Session 201: System and Controller Design (Error Correcting Codes)

	Introduction Chuck Sobey, ChannelScience
	Error Correcting Techniques for Future NAND Flash Memory in SSD Applications Nelson Duann, Silicon Motion, Inc..
	Throughput Driven Architecture for BCH Error Correction Codes Arul K Subbiah, Design Manager, Arasan Chip Systems Inc.
	Error Correction Coding for Flash Memories Eitan Yaakobi, UCSD
	A Closer Look at SSD Data Integrity Requirements Andy Tomlin, VP Firmware & Software, SandForce (Abstract / Bio)

10:00-10:50am

Session 202: Market Research

	The Future of Flash Jim Handy, Objective Analysis
	The SSD Outlook Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager - IDC
	NAND Flash Memory Trends Gregory Wong, Founder and Principal Analyst, Forward Insights

11:00-11:30am

Keynote 7

The Many Flavors of NAND…and More to Come

Brian Shirley, VP Memory, Micron (Abstract / Bio)

11:30am-Noon

Keynote 8

The Feud Is Over and Everyone Is in the Pool

Michael Hajeck, Senior Vice President - Solid State Storage Business Unit, Western Digital

2:00-3:00pm

Session 203: Security II

	The New Frontier: Mobile Anti-Malware Protection John Jefferies, IronKey
	Flash Memory for HD Video — The Security Challenges Edo Ganot, EVP Sales & Business Development, Discretix (Abstract / Bio)
	Characterizing Flash Memory Beyond The Datasheet Laura M. Grupp, Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory, UCSD

2:00-3:00pm

Session 204: Consumer Applications II

	NAND Flash Considerations for Consumer Applications Karla Lay, Micron Technology Inc.
	New Generation SD 3.00 Overview Danny Lin, ATP Electronics and Kevin Yee, Arasan Chip Systems

3:15-4:30pm

Session 205: Closing Panel on Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Flash Memory Today

Flash Memory Summit Presentation Solid State Venture Funding & M&A

John Rotchford, Managing Director, Strategic Advisory Services Internatinal (SASI)

3:15-4:30pm

Special Tutorial on SSD Performance

	Solid State Storage Devices: Issues Facing Industry Adoption Eden Kim, CEO and Easen Ho, CTO, Calypso Systems
	Solid State Storage Performance — SNIA Standardization Efforts Khaled Amer, Chair, SNIA SSS Performance Subcommittee
	Wear-Leveling vs. Write-Performance: Simulation Based Controller Design Deepak Shankar, Founder and CEO, Mirabilis Design, Inc.
	Banish the I/O: Together, SSD and Main Memory Storage Accelerate Database Performance Steve Graves, McObject