IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Netlist, Inc.
(NASDAQ: NLST), today announced the first public demonstration of
its HybriDIMM™ Storage Class Memory (SCM) product at the Flash
Memory Summit. Using an industry standard DDR4 LRDIMM interface,
HybriDIMM is the first SCM product to operate in current
Intel® x86 servers without BIOS and hardware changes,
and the first unified DRAM-NAND solution that scales memory to
terabyte storage capacities and accelerates storage to nanosecond
memory speeds.
HybriDIMM's breakthrough architecture combines an on-DIMM
co-processor with Netlist's PreSight™ technology ─ predictive
software-defined data management – to unify memory and storage at
near-DRAM speeds. HybriDIMM dramatically improves application
performance by reducing data access latency by up to 1,000
times1 versus the fastest existing storage
solution and provides up to 80% cost
reduction2 compared to the highest existing
memory density for in-memory applications. HybriDIMM's robust
feature-set encompasses the NVDIMM functionalities adopted by the
industry.
"In today's data-saturated world, the challenge is in turning
Big Data into actionable insight. By delivering the industry's
first plug and play SCM solution, Netlist is enabling customers to
process Big Data cost-effectively in memory and get to insights
faster," said C.K. Hong, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Netlist. "We are excited to be
working closely with global partners to promote an ecosystem for
the rapid adoption of HybriDIMM by a broad user base."
"At Samsung, we are actively investing in the future," said
Dong-su Kim, Ph.D., Vice President, Samsung Ventures America. "We
are pleased to partner with Netlist, a company with a long-history
of innovative memory technology solutions and intellectual
property, to productize and drive broad market adoption." Samsung
and Netlist signed a 5 year joint development agreement in
November 2015.
"Integrated Device Technology (IDT) is excited to partner with
Netlist as its preferred DDR4 LRDIMM chipset supplier for their
trailblazing HybriDIMM for storage class memory. The convergence of
memory and storage subsystems is enabling a whole new class of
applications that will adopt IDT's DDR4 LRDIMM chipset to maximize
performance and bandwidth," said Rami
Sethi, Vice President and General Manager, Memory Interface
Products at IDT. "HybriDIMM is an exciting and important example of
such an application and expands IDT's addressable market for memory
interface beyond traditional DRAM based modules into high capacity
storage solutions."
"Today's data centers require flexibility to meet the
ever-increasing demand for access to data," said Manoj Roge, Director, Data Center Strategy and
Marketing at Xilinx. "HybriDIMM is a great example of how Xilinx's
software-defined and hardware optimized approach brings value to
key partners, such as Netlist, who are creating innovative high
performance memory solutions to accelerate data in the data
center."
"Carnegie Mellon Database Group is committed to actively working
with leading industry partners like Netlist to develop the next
generation of in-memory database management systems," said
Andy Pavlo, Assistant Professor,
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
University. "The Netlist Storage Class Memory solution is a
promising medium that will enable 'real-time' analytical database
applications that go beyond what existing hardware can support
today. We are excited to collaborate with Netlist and the Storage
Class Memory ecosystem partners in our database research
projects."
"The promise of SCM is to bridge the price-performance gap
between DRAM and NAND. Others are attempting to cross this chasm
with new proprietary materials. By combining the best attributes of
widely available, proven technologies – DRAM's speed and durability
with NAND's capacity, persistence and low cost – Netlist is able to
deliver a cost-effective SCM product today," said Jim Handy, principal analyst, Objective
Analysis. "The SCM market could exceed $2
billion by 2020."
At the Flash Memory Summit, Netlist will be demonstrating its
HybriDIMM SCM solutions through a live demo showcasing:
- The industry's first SCM product with plug and play DDR4 LRDIMM
interface on an Intel x86 server without a BIOS change
- The industry's first SCM product concurrently presenting both
block storage and byte addressable persistent memory, while running
at near memory speeds
Netlist plans to provide samples of HybriDIMM to select
customers starting later this year with volume production planned
for the second quarter of 2017.
Netlist is a technology partner and official member of the Red
Hat Connect for Technology Partners, SAP® PartnerEdge® open
ecosystem, Cloudera Connect, Hortonworks Partnerworks, and MapR
Converge programs, and is working closely with leading HybriDIMM
ecosystem hardware and software partners.
Technical Summary of DDR4 HybriDIMM:
- Unifies memory and storage into one module (DIMM), breaking the
decades-long limitations of the Von Neumann computing
architecture
- Applies the predictive algorithms of the PreSight technology to
pre-fetch and stage required data to scale memory to storage
capacities
- Accelerates storage access time to near memory speeds using
advanced buffering technology
- Allows multi-terabytes of persistent memory to run real-time
in-memory applications on existing Intel-based servers at speeds an
order of magnitude faster than NAND
- Generation I HybriDIMM: configurable 256-512GB NAND + 8-16GB
DRAM per DIMM/1866 MTS 3DPC for Broadwell; Linux support; block
storage, app direct mode
- Generation II HybriDIMM: configurable 1TB NAND + 32GB DRAM per
DIMM/2400 MTS 2DPC for Purley; Linux, Windows support; block
storage, app direct mode
About Netlist, Inc.
Netlist creates solutions that
accelerate turning raw data into business insight. The company
produces next generation persistent memory solutions that enable
businesses to transact quicker, gain insight faster and reduce
datacenter cost. Flagship products NVvault® and EXPRESSvault®
accelerate system performance and provide mission critical fault
tolerance. HybriDIMM™, Netlist's next-generation Storage
Class Memory, lowers cost and improves performance of big data
analytics and in-memory computing. The company holds a portfolio of
patents, many seminal, in the area of hybrid memory, storage class
memory, rank multiplication and load-reduction, among others.
Netlist is part of the Russell Microcap® Index. To learn
more, visit www.netlist.com.
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performance of Netlist. A forward-looking statement is neither a
prediction nor a guarantee of future events or circumstances and is
based on currently available market, operating, financial and
competitive information and assumptions. Forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expected or projected, including,
among others, risks associated with the launch and commercial
success of our products, programs and technologies; the success of
product, joint development and licensing partnerships; continuing
development, qualification and volume production of HybriDIMM™ , as
well as our other products and technologies; the rapidly-changing
nature of technology in our industry; risks associated with
intellectual property, including patent infringement litigation
against us as well as the costs and unpredictability of litigation
over infringement of our intellectual property; volatility in the
pricing of DRAM ICs and NAND flash; changes in and uncertainty of
customer acceptance of, and demand for, our existing products and
products under development, including predictions about the size of
the market for our products; delays in our and our customers'
product releases and development; introductions of new products by
competitors; changes in end-user demand for technology solutions;
and general economic and market conditions. Other risks and
uncertainties are described in our annual report on Form 10-K filed
on March 4, 2016, and subsequent
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from time to time. Except as required by law, we undertake no
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or otherwise.
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1 Difference in data access time of
microseconds for server storage and nanoseconds for HybriDIMM in
server memory
2 Based on current OEM price of 128GB DIMM
and target price of 256GB HybriDIMM in 3TB systems configured
for in-memory database
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