Xilinx Showcases All Programmable Solutions for Cloud and Data Center Flash Storage at Flash Memory Summit 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it will showcase All Programmable solutions for Cloud and Data Center flash storage at the Flash Memory Summit 2015. Through a series of presentations and demonstrations, Xilinx will spotlight high-performance flash storage solutions for use in current and next-generation data centers. These solutions are based on Xilinx’s All Programmable silicon which delivers industry leading performance at lower power for the flash storage market. To learn more, visit Xilinx at booth #721, August 12-13 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California.

Presentations/Panel Participation:
Thursday, August 13: 3:10-4:25PM

High Performance, FPGA-Optimized LDPC for Storage by Helen Tarn, Sr. Engineering Manager at Xilinx
As the capacity of flash memory device continues to grow, the use of a more powerful error correction code such as LDPC, is necessary to solve the reliability issue of storage devices. In this talk, Helen will discuss the LDPC design challenges and unveil Xilinx’s FPGA-optimized LDPC error correction solutions for enabling next-generation flash memory applications across the cloud and data center storage market.

Thursday, August 13: 4:30-5:45PM

Addressing NVMe over Fabric and Storage Acceleration with FPGAs by Shre Shah, Data Center Architect at Xilinx
This session will discuss how storage services such as caching, comp/de-comp, security and de-duplication are required to be hardware accelerated to meet data center performance and latency requirements at a reasonable cost and power envelope. Shre will explain how FPGAs play a crucial role in storage services in NVMe over Fabric-u solutions.

Xilinx Demonstrations – Booth 721

NVMe over Fabric for Hyper Scale Storage Applications

This Xilinx demonstration utilizes a Kintex® UltraScale™ FPGA and showcases the ability to deliver high performance, low latency NVMe storage traffic over an Ethernet network. This solution addresses the critical issue of next-generation data center storage scalability.

LDPC Error Correction for NAND Flash Data Center Storage

This demonstration features a Kintex UltraScale KCU105 device showcasing Xilinx’s FPGA-optimized LDPC Error Correction LogiCORE™ IP solution. This solution is a highly efficient FPGA implementation delivering maximum performance and low latency with industry-leading error floor.

Xilinx Demonstrations by Alliance Program Member
The following Xilinx Alliance Program member will showcase a Xilinx technology-based demonstration in their FMS booth:
IntelliProp, Inc. – Booth #827

Demonstration of a production ready SATA 6Gb/s NAND Flash Controller with architectural support for SSD drive capacities up to 8TB based on a Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA.
Demonstration of an NVMe target IP core for PCI Express Gen 2 and Gen 3 applications on Xilinx 7 series and UltraScale FPGAs.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs, and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are both software defined and hardware optimized – powering industry advancements in Cloud Computing, SDN/NFV, Video/Vision, Industrial IoT, and 5G Wireless. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.