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Upcoming Events

SmartNICs to xPUs – Why is the Use of Accelerators Accelerating?
Thursday, May 19, 2022
11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET

As applications continue to increase in complexity and users demand more from their workloads, there is a trend to again deploy dedicated accelerator chips to assist or offload the main CPU. These new accelerators (xPUs) have multiple names such as SmartNIC, DPU, IPU, APU, NAPU. How are these different than GPU, TPU, CPU? xPUs accelerate and offload functions including math, networking, storage, cryptography, security, and management. This webcast will cover key topics about, and clarify questions surrounding, xPUs.

Persistent Memory + Computational Storage Summit 2022
Tuesday, May 24 - Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Virtual Conference

Save the date for the 10th annual SNIA Persistent Memory + Computational Storage Summit - May 24-25, 2022. A virtual event with live keynotes and panels, and breakout sessions and demos on-demand at the event and beyond.

SODACODE 2022
Wednesday, May 25 - Thursday, May 26, 2022
Virtual Conference

Register for SODA Foundation’s first Data & Storage hackathon, SODACODE 2022, by March 31st. Join technology enthusiasts, beginners and professionals, to participate, hack, have fun, and collaborate with global talents from our open source communities. Awards totalling USD6,000, with contribution badges and certifications.

SDC EMEA 2022
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Virtual

SNIA EMEA is excited to host the 2022 Storage Developer Conference which will again be virtual. The same high quality content will be delivered via a combination of live and pre-recorded sessions, and will give storage developers the opportunity to hear all the latest technology trends and directions from the data storage industry.

SMB3 Interoperability Lab at SDC EMEA
Tuesday, June 14 - Thursday, June 16, 2022
Virtual

The purpose of this IO Lab is for vendors to bring their implementations of SMB3 to test, identify, and fix bugs in a collaborative setting with the goal of providing a forum in which companies can develop interoperable products. There are several new features that have recently been added to the SMB3 protocol.

Storage Life on the Edge: Accelerated Performance Strategies
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET

Edge is the new frontier of compute and data in today’s world, driven by the explosive growth of mobile devices, work from home, digital video, smart cities, and connected cars. An increasing percentage of data is generated and processed at the edge of the network. With this trend comes the need for faster computing, access to storage, and movement of data at the edge as well as between the edge and the data center. Attend this SNIA Networking Storage Forum webcast on June 15, 2022 where we will discuss:

  • The increasing need to do more at the edge across compute, storage and networking
  • The rise of intelligent edge locations
  • Different solutions that provide faster processing or data movement at the edge
  • How computational storage can speed up data processing and transmission at the edge
  • Security considerations for edge processing

We look forward to having you join us to cover all this and more. We promise to keep you on the edge of your virtual seat!

xPU Accelerator Offload Functions
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET

As covered in our first webcast “SmartNICs and xPUs: Why is the Use of Accelerators Accelerating,” we discussed the trend to deploy dedicated accelerator chips to assist or offload the main CPU. These new accelerators (xPUs) have multiple names such as SmartNIC, DPU, IPU, APU, NAPU.   

This second webcast in this series will cover a deeper dive into the accelerator offload functions of the xPU. We’ll discuss what problems the xPUs are coming to solve, where in the system they live, and the functions they implement, focusing on:

  •  Network Offloads  
  •  Security  
  • Compute  
  • Storage  

July Technical Symposium
Monday, July 25 - Friday, July 29, 2022
Portland, OR and Virtually

The July SNIA Technical Symposium will be held on Monday, July 25 through Friday, July 29, 2022. This is a hybrid event, with options to attend in person in Portland, Oregon or to attend virtually. It is hosted by the DMTF and co-located with the 2022 DMTF Alliance Partner Technical Symposium (APTS). The event will be held at The Bidwell Marriott Portland.

Please check out the event details and register to attend at https://www.dmtf.org/news/events/2022apts.

Flash Memory Summit 2022
Tuesday, August 2 - Thursday, August 4, 2022
Santa Clara, CA

The 2022 conference is expanding beyond flash memory to address all forms of high performance memory. Summit organizers welcome submissions on a range of memory technologies including NAND Flash, DRAM, MRAM, ReRAM, and DNA storage.

SDC India 2022
Friday, August 5 - Saturday, August 6, 2022
Virtual

The SNIA India Storage Developer Conference (SDC India) has traditionally taken place in Bangalore, and will continue as a virtual conference for 2022, taking place in August. SDC India will be offering the same great technical storage education from subject matter experts, and opportunities for networking with the India storage developer community from within the event platform.

Storage Developer Conference
Monday, September 12 - Thursday, September 15, 2022
Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley

Taking place on September 12-15, 2022, SNIA's Storage Developer Conference (SDC) will bring the global storage developer community together to collaborate and network through the sharing of ideas, industry developments and best practices.