Altera Demonstrated NAND Flash, FPGA Accelerators and Storage and Memory Virtualization

Altera Corporation was attending the Flash Memory Summit at the Santa Clara Convention Center and was demonstrating a new NAND flash reference design that extends the life of flash memory up to 7x.

In addition, Altera was sharing how FPGAs can be used to accelerate functions in the data center, and to enable storage and memory virtualization.

Altera computer and storage experts also are presenting multiple technology sessions and offering tutorials on high-performance flash applications.

The Altera NAND storage reference design is based on the Altera Arria 10 SoC. It implements Mobiveil, Inc.’s Universal NVM Express Controller (UNEX), a configurable controller for PCIe-based SSDs, and NVMdurance’s NAND flash optimization software. The reference design enables data center operators to leverage advanced 3D NAND technology without the long design cycles required with ASIC designs.

In addition, Altera as showcasing memory application development kits
and cards that can address requirements for the following:

• High speed, and for low latency IO interfaces and protocols
• SSD controllers
• OpenCL-based accelerators
• Optical PCIe
• Non-volatile DIMMs and memories.