SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Anthony Constantine
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Micron
Anthony Constantine is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff responsible for Storage Standards at Micron. He is very active in SNIA as co-chair of the SFF TWG, an author for several EDSFF specifications, and author or contributor to several other SFF TWG specifications. He is also a past member of the SNIA Technical Council. In addition, Anthony contributes to PCI-SIG, JEDEC, NVMe, and Open Compute Platform (OCP). Anthony has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry with an expertise in memory, storage, physical interfaces, low power technologies, and form factors. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from UC Davis.
Related Sessions
Why are we doing EDSFF E2?
Since EDSFF was created, the biggest complaint about EDSFF has been that there are too many form factors. While this was by design, EDSFF still has more factors than what was supported previously in Enterprise and Datacenter application. So introducing E2 as a new EDSFF form factor in the market is obviously going to get a lot of scrutiny. The goal of this presentation is to discuss the motivation behind creating the EDSFF E2 form factor, why existing form factors could not meet this need, and why the EDSFF E2 form factor ended up with the specific dimensions.
SFF TA TWG Changes Coming to a Server Near You
The SFF TA TWG within SNIA kicks out a bunch of specifications per year. But why should you care? Well, there is a very good chance your server has at least 1 SFF TA connector or cable or transceiver or device defined in it and likely many many more. As server technology changes, these components need to change for performance or size or thermals or to add functional capabilities. In this talk, the co-chairs of the SFF TA TWG will go through what detailed changes have been made to the specifications and what you need to care about.
Problems with AI Interconnects? Come yell at our Opinionated Experts!
AI is driving the need for more data movement between devices, boxes, and racks. This data transport requires higher bandwidths which puts strain on the interconnects as well as host and device designs. While you could tackle these problems on your own, instead come and ask questions of our expert panel from the SFF Technical Work Group to see if they can address your concerns. This will be an open Q&A where we want to hear your concerns so we can address them through industry aligned solutions.
