Persistent Memory Summit 2021

Thank you for attending the Summit!

Videos from the 2021 event are now available on our PM+CS Summit 2021 Playlist. Videos and presentation PDFs are now available in the SNIA Educational Library, and you can check out each one linked to its agenda session below.

SNIA’s 9th annual Summit was a success with a new name and an expanded focus - Persistent Memory + Computational Storage - from the data center to the edge. The Summit moved to a two-day virtual platform April 21-22, 2021.

But even in a unique 2021, much remained the same. Attendees saw leading technology experts discussing real world applications and use cases, providing insights on technology trends and futures, and networking in "live via the internet" panels and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. We have also extended beyond the Summit end the Persistent Memory Workshop and Hackathon with access to new cloud-based PM systems for more learning opportunities.

We had great feedback on our video tutorials on computational storage and persistent memory. In only 30 minutes you can get the basics to continue conversations with colleagues.

Interested in learning more about SNIA activities in these technology areas? Check out our Persistent Memory, Computational Storage, and Compute, Memory & Storage Initiative pages for details.

2021 Persistent Memory + Computational Storage Summit Agenda

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
9:00 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks and State of the Union Jim Pappas, SNIA Board of Directors, Director of Technology Initiatives, Intel Corporation Video and Presentation
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Future of Persistent Memory, DRAM, and SSD Form Factors Aligned with New System Architectures Arthur Sainio, Director, Product Marketing, SMART Modular Technologies VIdeo and Presentation
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.	The Persistent Memory Connection - How to Attach PM in Computing Systems? Jonathan Hinkle, Executive Director and Distinguished Researcher, Systems Architecture, Lenovo Video and Presentation
10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	NVMe Computational Storage: A New Hope for Accelerators and DPUs Stephen Bates, Chief Technology Officer, Eideticom Video and Presentation
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Dynamic Trends in Non-Volatile Memory Technologies Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis Video and Presentation
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m	What Does the Future Hold for Persistent Memory? A Panel Discussion Moderated by Dave Eggleston, Principal, Intuitive Cognition Consulting Video and Presentation
12:35 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.	CXL 2.0 - Architecture and Benefits for Computational Storage David Wang, Director, Memory Product Planning, Samsung Semiconductor Video and Presentation
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.	Security in Computational Storage Drives David McIntyre, Director, Product Planning and Business Enablement, Samsung Corporation Video and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	The Challenges of Measuring Persistent Memory Performance Eduardo Berrocal, Sr. Software Engineer, Intel Corporation and Keith Orsak, Master Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Video and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Benefits of Computation in CSD, CSA, CSP A Panel Discussion moderated by Mike Heumann, Managing Partner, G2M Communications Video and Presentation
2:20 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.	How Computational Storage Can Become a new Standard for Cloud Architectures Jerome Gaysse, Senior Technology and Marketing Analyst, Silinnov Consulting Video and Presentation
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Recap of Day and Closing Remarks Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis Video and Presentation
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Birds-of-a-Feather - Computational Storage SNIA Computational Storage TWG and SIG Members
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Networking Reception All attendees
Thursday, April 22, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	State of the Computational Storage Market - A Supplier's View Scott Shadley, Co-Chair, SNIA Computational Storage TWG, VP Marketing, NGD Systems Video and Presentation
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Four Top Use Cases for Big Memory Today and Tomorrow Dr. Charles Fan, CEO and Founder, MemVerge Video and Presentation
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.	Practical Computational Storage: Performance, Value, and Limitations Bradley Settlemyer, Sr. Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory Video and Presentation
10:40 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	Persistent Memory on CXL Andy Rudoff, Member,, CXL and Persistent Memory SW Architect, Intel Corporation Video and Presentation
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Why Distributed AI Needs Computational Storage Michael Kagan, CTO, NVIDIA Video and Presentation
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Present and Future Uses for Computational Storage and Persistent Memory: A Panel Discussion Moderated by Dave Eggleston, Principal, Intuitive Cognition Consulting Video and Presentation
12:35 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.	Beyond Zoned Namespace - What Do Applications Want? Chun Liu, Chief Architect, Futurewei Technologies VIdeo and Presentation
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.	A New Path to Better Data Movement within System Memory, Computational Memory with SDXI Shyam Iyer, Chair, SNIA SDXI Technical Work Group; Distinguished Engineer, Dell Video and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Security Impacts to a Changing Storage Ecosystem A Panel Discussion Moderated by Jason Molgaard, Arm VIdeo and Presentation
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	CXL: Expanding the Memory Ecosystem A Panel Discussion Moderated by Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates Video and Presentation
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Recap of Day and Closing Remarks Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates and Jim Handy, General Director, Objective Analysis Video and Presentation