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Up to the Challenge!

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The SNIA Persistent Memory and NVDIMM Special Interest Group announced a programming challenge for NVDIMM-based systems in Q4 of 2019.  Participants get free online access to persistent memory systems based at the SNIA Technology Center using NVDIMM-Ns provided by SIG members AgigA Tech, Intel, SMART Modular, and Supermicro.  The goal of the challenge is to spark interest by developers in this new technology so they can understand more clearly how persistent memory applications can be developed and applied in 2020 environments and beyond.

Response to the NVDIMM Programming Challenge has been very positive.  Entrants to date have backgrounds from no experience programming persistent memory to those who develop persistent memory applications as part of their day jobs.

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Judging Has Begun – Submit Your Entry for the NVDIMM Programming Challenge!

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We’re 11 months in to the Persistent Memory Hackathon program, and over 150 software developers have taken the tutorial and tried their hand at programming to persistent memory systems.   AgigA Tech, Intel,  SMART Modular, and Supermicro, members of the SNIA Persistent Memory and NVDIMM SIG, have now placed persistent memory systems with NVDIMM-Ns into the SNIA Technology Center as the backbone of the first SNIA NVDIMM Programming Challenge.

Interested in participating?  Send an email to PMhackathon@snia.org to get your credentials.  And do so quickly, as the first round of review for the SNIA NVDIMM Programming Challenge is now open.  Read More

Register for the PIRL Conference Today

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Registration is now open for the upcoming Persistent Programming in Real Life (PIRL) Conference – July 22-23, 2019 on the campus of the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

The 2019 PIRL event features a collaboration between UCSD Computer Science and Engineering, the Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory, and the SNIA to bring industry leaders in programming and developing persistent memory applications together for a two-day discussion on their experiences.

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Hacking with the U

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It’s now less than three weeks for the next SNIA Persistent Memory Hackathon and Workshop.  Our next workshop will be held in conjunction with the 10th Annual Non-Volatile Memory Workshop (http://nvmw.ucsd.edu/) at the University of California, San Diego on Sunday, March 10th from 2:00pm to 5:30pm.

The Hackathon at NVMW19 provides software developers with an understanding of the different tiers and modes of persistent memory, and gives an overview of the standard software libraries that are available to access persistent memory.  Attendees will have access to system configured with persistent memory, software libraries, and sample source code. A variety of mentors will be available to provide tutorials and guide participants in the development of code. Learn more here.

In the last workshop, the feedback from the attendees pointed to a desire to work longer on code after the tutorial ended.  We will ensure that all the Hackathon attendees will have access to their environment through the length of the conference. So any participant in the Sunday session will be able to continue work until the conference completion on Tuesday afternoon.  While there won’t be an opportunity for formal follow-up, we’re planning an informal meet-up the final day of the conference. Stay tuned for details.

For those not familiar with NVMW, the program is replete with the latest in non-volatile memory research, which enables attendees to understand the practical advances in software development for persistence.  The workshop facilitates the exchange of ideas and advances collaboration and knowledge of the use of persistent memory. Registration for the conference is affordable, and grants are available for university student attendees.

For those not able to get to San Diego in March, enjoy the weather that obviously won’t be anywhere near as nice where you live.  Oh, sorry. For those not able to get to San Diego in March, SNIA is working on the next opportunities for a formal hackathon. But we can’t do it alone.  If you have a group of programmers interested in learning persistent memory development, SNIA would consider coming to you with a Host a Hackathon. We can provide, or even train, mentors to get you started, and show you how to build your own cloud-based development environment.  You’ll get an introduction to coding, and you’ll be left with some great examples to build your own applications. Contact SNIA at PMhackathon@snia.org for more details and visit our PM Programming Hackathon webpage for the latest updates.

Exceptional Agenda on Tap for 2018 Persistent Memory Summit

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Persistent Memory (PM) has made tremendous strides since SNIA’s first Non-Volatile Memory Summit in 2013. With a name change to Persistent Memory Summit in 2017, that event continued the buzz with 350+ attendees and a focus turning to applications.

Now in 2018, the agenda for the SNIA Persistent Memory Summit, upcoming January 24 at the Westin San Jose, reflects the integration of PM in a number of organizations. Zvonimir Bandic of Western Digital Corporation will kick off the day exploring the “exabyte challenge” of persistent memory centric architectures and memory fabrics. The fairly new frontier of Persistent Memory over Fabrics (PMoF) returns as a topic with speakers from Open Fabrics Alliance, Cray, Eideticom, and Mellanox. Performance is always evolving, and Micron Technologies, Enmotus, and Calypso Systems will give their perspectives. And the day will dive into futures of media with speakers from Nantero and Spin Transfer Technologies, and a panel led by HPE will review new interfaces and how they relate to PM.

A highlight of the Summit will be a panel on applications and cloud with a PM twist, featuring Dreamworks, GridGain, Oracle, and Aerospike. Leading up to that will be a commentary on file systems and persistent memory from NetApp and Microsoft, and a discussion of virtualization of persistent memory presented by VMware.   SNIA found a number of users interested in persistent memory support in both Windows Server 2016 and Linux at recent events, so Microsoft and Linux will update us on the latest developments. Finally, you will want to know where the analysts weigh in on PM, so Coughlin Associates, Evaluator Group, Objective Analysis, and WebFeet Research will add their commentary.

During breaks and the complimentary lunch, you can tour Persistent Memory demos from the SNIA NVDIMM SIG, SMART Modular, AgigA Tech, Netlist, and Viking Technology.

Make your plans to attend this complimentary event by registering here: http://www.snia.org/pm-summit. See you in San Jose!

Around the World, It’s a Persistent Memory Summer

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This summer, join SNIA as they evangelize members’ industry activity to advance the convergence of storage and memory.

SNIA is participating in the first annual European In-Memory Computing Summit, June 20-21, 2017 at the Movenpick Hotel in Amsterdam.  SNIA Europe Vice-Chair and SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) Co-Chair Alex McDonald of NetApp keynotes a session on SNIA and Persistent Memory, highlighting Read More

Your Questions Answered on Non-Volatile DIMMs

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by Arthur Sainio, SNIA NVDIMM SIG Co-Chair, SMART Modular

SNIA’s Non-Volatile DIMM (NVDIMM) Special Interest Group (SIG) had a tremendous response to their most recent webcast:  NVDIMM:  Applications are
Here!  You can view the webcast on demand.

Viewers had many questions during the webcast.  In this blog, the NVDIMM SIG answers those questions and shares the SIG’s knowledge of NVDIMM technology. Read More

Not a Tempest But a Seachange – Persistent Memory

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by Marty Foltyn

Persistent memory discussions are capturing the minds of SNIA members and colleagues.  At last month’s SNIA Storage Developer Conference, NVM (non-volatile memory) and NVMe sessions were standing-room-only, and opinion sharing continued into animated hallway discussions.  I encourage you to check out the many presentations on the SNIA SDC website, and to download the live recordings of the keynotes here.

memconSNIA continued their education on persistent memory at this week’s Memcon in Santa Clara CA. SNIA’s booth was packed with attendees asking questions like what is the difference between the different kinds of NVDIMMs (you’ll want to check out our new snia_nvdimm_infographic), and is NVDIMM a standard (indeed, it is, JEDEC just released the DDR4 NVDIMM-N Design Standard Revision 1.0 last month, and you can download the link from our website). Read More

Flash Memory Summit Highlights SNIA Innovations in Persistent Memory & Flash

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SNIA and the Solid State Storage Initiative (SSSI) invite you to join them at Flash Memory Summit 2016, August 8-11 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. SNIA members and colleagues receive $100 off any conference package using the code “SNIA16” by August 4 when registering for Flash Memory Summit at fms boothhttp://www.flashmemorysummit.com

On Monday, August 8, from 1:00pm – 5:00pm, a SNIA Education Afternoon will be open to the public in SCCC Room 203/204, where attendees can learn about multiple storage-related topics with five SNIA Tutorials on flash storage, combined service infrastructures, VDBench, stored-data encryption, and Non-Volatile DIMM (NVDIMM) integration from SNIA member speakers. Read More