Workshop: Non-volatile Memories Workshop 2012; Held on March 4-6, 2012 at Univ. California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA.

数据存储技术的进步对现代信息时代的发展至关重要，支持并加速了消费者娱乐、个人和商业计算、企业数据管理和科学研究中与信息相关的新应用的发明。最近，基于NAND闪存技术的高容量固态驱动器(SSD)开始引起人们的极大关注，并在其中许多应用中找到了更广泛的用途。与传统磁盘和磁带驱动器相比，固态硬盘具有许多优势，包括更好的抗震性、更低的功耗、无移动部件和更快的数据访问速度。尽管在单位成本、重写限制和产品寿命限制方面，它们在某些存储应用中的竞争力仍然较低，但越来越清楚的是，SSD和其他非易失性存储器(NVM)技术的持续进步正在为计算机系统和应用程序访问和操作永久数据的方式进行革命奠定基础。改进的闪存？以及相变存储器(PCM)、自旋扭矩转移存储器(STTM)和忆阻器等新兴技术？正在促使设计师重新思考如何将这些和其他存储设备集成到未来的计算系统中，操作系统如何管理数据，以及应用程序如何以电子方式创建和处理信息。充分实现这些技术的潜力是一项令人兴奋的重要挑战，具有巨大的社会影响。拟议的研讨会是2010年4月和2011年3月在加州大学圣地亚哥分校举办的非易失性记忆研讨会的续篇。这些研讨会的档案网站可在http://nvmw.ucsd.edu/.上找到主要目标是进一步发展一种垂直的、研究NVM技术在数据密集型计算系统中的作用的愿景。至关重要的是，系统每一级的研究人员？堆栈？了解与其他层面相关的需求、挑战和机遇。研讨会将使相关领域的研究人员有机会更广泛地了解推动基于NVM的存储技术向前发展所需的条件，相互学习，并建立关系和合作，为进一步的科学和工程进步奠定基础。这将通过一个范围广泛的计划来实现，该计划包括半天的指导会议，两个主旨演讲，并提交了涉及以下重要主题的技术演示文稿：NVM设备技术、数据记录和恢复技术、系统架构和软件设计，以及未来NVM在个性化健康、绿色计算和企业级信息管理中的应用。整个研讨会的公开注册旨在鼓励来自学术界、工业界和政府的感兴趣的个人更广泛地参与。该技术计划旨在提供独特的教育机会，特别是对于该领域的新手学生和研究人员。智力优势：此研讨会将解决基于非易失性存储器的高性能数据存储系统的科学、工程和应用方面的基本问题。这包括研究允许存储信息的纳米级物理现象；为可靠、持久和安全的数据存储开发编码算法；分析数据密集型计算的系统架构；以及在各种应用中非易失性存储数据的新范例的概念。广泛影响：研讨会产生的知识交流和新想法的产生将对计算和数据存储行业产生重大影响，这两个行业对国民经济都至关重要。讲习班的教育部分将使学生和博士后研究人员以及更资深的参与者受益。档案网站将为科学界和公众提供讲习班会议记录的持久记录和资源。

Advances in data storage technology have been crucial to the evolution of the modern information age, enabling and accelerating the invention of new information-related applications in consumer entertainment, personal and business computing, enterprise data management, and scientific research. Recently, high capacity solid-state drives (SSDs) based upon NAND flash memory technology have begun attracting significant attention and finding broader use in many of these applications. SSDs have a number of advantages compared to conventional disk and tape drives, including better shock resistance, reduced power consumption, no moving parts, and faster data access. Although they remain less competitive in some storage applications with respect to cost per bit, overwrite constraints, and product lifetime limitations, it is becoming increasingly clear that continuing advances in the technology of SSDs and other non-volatile memories (NVMs) are setting the stage for a revolution in how computer systems and applications access and manipulate persistent data. Improved flash memories ? along with emerging technologies such as phase-change memories (PCM), spin-torque transfer memories (STTM), and the memristor ? are driving designers to rethink how they integrate these and other storage devices into future computing systems, how operating systems manage data, and how applications create and process information electronically. Realizing the full potential of these technologies is an exciting and important challenge with enormous societal consequences.The proposed workshop is a sequel to the Non-volatile Memories Workshops that were held on the campus of the University of California, San Diego in April 2010 and March 2011, respectively. Archival websites from these workshops may be found at http://nvmw.ucsd.edu/. The primary objective has been to further the development of a ?vertical? vision for research on the role of NVM technologies in data intensive computing systems. It is essential that researchers at each level of the system ?stack? be aware of the needs, challenges, and opportunities associated with the other levels. The workshop will give researchers in relevant fields the opportunity to gain a broader understanding of what is needed to move NVM-based storage technology forward, to learn from each other, and to establish relationships and collaborations that will provide the basis for further scientific and engineering advances. This will be accomplished through a wide-ranging program containing a half-day tutorial sesssion, two keynote addresses, and contributed technical presentations covering important topics related to: NVM device technologies, data recording and recovery techniques, system architectures and software design, and future NVM applications in personalized health, green computing, and enterprise-scale information management. Open registration for the entire workshop is intended to encourage broader participation by interested individuals from academia, industry, and government. The technical program is structured to provide a unique educational opportunity, particularly for students and researchers who are new to the area.Intellectual Merit: This workshop will address fundamental problems in the science, engineering, and application of high-performance data storage systems based upon non-volatile memories. This includes the study of nano-scale physical phenomena that permit storage of information; the development of coding algorithms for reliable, persistent, and secure data storage; the analysis of system architectures for data intensive computing; and the conception of new paradigms for non-volatile storage of data in a variety of applications.Broader Impact: The exchange of knowledge and the generation of novel ideas that result from the workshop will have significant impact on the computing and data storage industries, both vitally important to the national economy. The educational component of the workshop will benefit students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as more senior participants. An archival website will provide a lasting record of the workshop proceedings and a resource for the scientific community and general public.