Coding for Flash Memory

由于其低成本和高容量，闪存正在崛起，成为一个巨大的全球市场，超过传统的DRAM市场。数字存储的需求呈指数级增长，为进一步开发闪存的编码技术带来了巨大的机遇和挑战。在这个项目中，我们将与非常年轻的Flash编码研究社区联手。我们将开发新颖、强大和实用的编码技术，用于设计大容量和长寿命的闪存。我们还将对闪存在实际工程限制下的容量限制形成新的基本理解。 到目前为止，闪存技术和相关的工业部门在加拿大严重落后。该项目的成果将引领加拿大在闪存编码方面的研究与世界研究前沿接轨，并有助于在该技术领域建立强大的加拿大研究社区和工业部门。参与该项目的研究生将接受培训，以发展未来将非常需要的技术专长和技能。

Due to their low costs and high capacity, flash memories are emerging to become a huge global market, surpassing the conventional DRAM market. The exponentially increasing demand in digital storage presents tremendous opportunities and challenges in further developing the coding technologies for flash memories. In this project, we will join force with the very young flash coding research community. We will develop novel, powerful, and practicable coding techniques for the design of high-capacity and long life-time flash memories. We will also develop new fundamental understanding on the capacity limits of flash memories under practical engineering constraints. To date, flash memory technologies and the associated industrial sector are severely under-developed in Canada. The outcome of this project will lead Canada's research in flash coding to align with world's research forefront, and help to build a strong Canadian research community and industrial sector in this technology area. Graduate students participating in this project will be trained to develop technical expertise and skills that will be in great future demand.