Evolution of Flash Memory

FLASH MEMORY NO. 1 THE FIGHT FOR PRODUCTION DATA A HERO IS BORN AND SHOWS PROMISE HELP US! POPULACE OF CONSUMERVILLE NEEDS SAVING! FLASH LEARNS NEW SKILLS AND ABILITIES circa 1988 DISK KICKS FLASH OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE INTEL CORPORATION SEES FLASH'S POTENTIAL FIRST COMMERCIAL NOR TYPE HIGH-SPEED FLASH CHIP FLASH GETS A BOOST NOR- is a high-speed Flash technology. NOR Flash memory provides high-speed random-access capabilities, being able to read and write data in specific locations in the memory without having to access the memory in sequential mode. COMPANIES START DEVELOPING DEVICES circa 1996 USING FLASH MEMORY Various companies start developing small compact MP3 players using Flash Memory that hold about 13 songs, expensive but rewritable and never scratch or skip like CDs, or get eaten by the player like tapes! meanwhile seemingly out of nowhere FIRST PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER AUDIO HIGHWAY'S LISTEN UP WAS THE FIRST PORTABLE FLASH BASED MP3 PLAYER Flash attacks Disk in the consumer market with batfery life superpower. Apple launches iPod with flash memory in it capable of holding 5 gigs of music. VOLLIME brings storage prices down Speed Size Power Use Capacity BEST SUITED FOR BEST SUITED FOR COMPUTERS MOBILE DEVICES GAME SYSTEMS SOME LAPTOPS PHOTOGRAPHY DISK FLASH POWER UP Flash now has higher capacity and lower pricing which allows it to re-enter the enterprise baffle. meanwhile NEW FLASH BATTLES 2015 FORECAST FLASH-ONLY STORAGE ARRAYS STORAGE ARRAYS FLASH STORAGE ON SERVER TRADITIONAL project lightning Startups to the datacenter (Pure, Nimbus) & CSPS (SolidFire). EMC led the resurgence of Flash into the enterprise and has been followed by competitors including HP and IBM. Now as Flash has moved into servers for function and performance.EMC has unveiled "Proj- ect Lightning" to extend the storage hierarchy from SAN to server. Enabling modern applications like Facebook and iCloud. New market created by Fusion-io whose VSL technology helps eliminate the "Horrible Storage Stack." Key factors SAP/Oradle lor cloud Enabling QoS • Performance Virtualization Enterprise Storage Capacity (3%) Enterprise Storage Capacifty (1%) Enterprise Storage Capacity (86%) Relative Pricing per TB ( 12 X) Relafive Pricing per TB ( 6X) Relative Pricing per TB ( 1X). Percentage Enterprise Spend (20%) Percentage Enterprise Spend (35%) Percentage Enterprise Spend (45%) WHAT'S NEXT? for our flash enferprise hero? presented by KEEP READING TO FIND OU Wikibon http://www.wikibon.org/wiki/v/2011_Flash_Memory_Summit_Enterprise_Roundup