Enhance NAND to Expand Enterprise SSD Market

While early enterprise adoption of SSDs has been focused primarily on extreme performance and endurance using SLC NAND flash, proliferation into the enterprise mainstream will be fueled by the value proposition offered by lower-cost MLC NAND-based SSD solutions. Off the shelf, MLC NAND flash is not capable of meeting the endurance and retention requirements of enterprise server and storage applications. In order to meet life time and reliability requirements, SSD designers must use advanced technologies, have access to internal flash features, and incorporate system level design techniques to enhance the native capabilities of MLC NAND flash. This presentation talks about methods to achieve high endurance in MLC NAND flash, including a multi-faceted approach that incorporates advanced signal processing, optimization and adapt ion algorithms, and SSD architectural solutions to create compelling storage solutions that are bound to change how designers look at storage architectures.

Learning Objectives

Technical barriers of using MLC NAND flash in Enterprise SSDs
Technical solutions to enhance MLC NAND flash capabilities
Value proposition of MLC-based SSD in enterprise applications