I. Koltsidas, P. Mueller, R. Pletka, Th. Weigold, E. Eleftheriou, M. Varsamou, A. Ntalla, E. Mpougioukou, A. Palli and Th. Antonakopoulos:

PSS: A prototype storage subsystem based on PCM

The 5th annual UCSD Non-Volatile Memories Workshop (NVMW 2014), March 9-11, 2014, San Diego, USA.

Abstract: Phase-Change Memory (PCM) is emerging as one of the most promising Non-Volatile Memory technologies with cost and performance characteristics in between those of DRAM and Flash. In this presentation we describe the design and implementation of PSS, a PCM-based Storage Subsystem which is connected to the host over the PCI-e bus. We will present the hardware architecture of the card, as well as certain aspects of the firmware and the host driver. A detailed experimental evaluation of the card demonstrates the feasibility of PCM-based storage devices exhibiting performance, endurance and reliability characteristics suitable for enterprise storage.

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