Paper Title: Computational Storage Solves Big Problems with Big Data

Paper Abstract: Compute requirements are skyrocketing with ever-increasing amounts of data, huge data-centric applications such as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and virtual reality, and competitive needs to perform deeper analysis, produce results faster, and achieve higher levels of both coverage and accuracy. Computational storage, bringing compute to the data, is a powerful solution that eliminates roadblocks such as large data moves and limited network and processor capacity. It also provides a readily achievable growth path to handling tomorrow’s even larger requirements. Initial test runs show an over 40% increase in performance, power savings, and net TCO for typical AI/ML applications and a huge improvement for a widely used genomic sequencing tool that is a key to creating treatments for both cancer and genetic problems. Compute power to the edges is a new architecture that also offers tremendous potential for web-based services, cloud computing, deep pattern inspection, content delivery, and scientific computation.

Paper Author: Eli Tiomkin, VP Business Development, NGD Systems

Author Bio: Eli Tiomkin is VP Business Development at NGD Systems, where he spearheads a wide range of marketing, business development, and sales activities. A proven sales performer, he has won significant programs, managed channel activities, developed emerging markets, and built strong relationships to enable sales at many fast-rising storage companies, including StoreOne, Violin Memory, STEC, and M-Systems. He has led many sales campaigns from inception to becoming multimillion dollar producers. With over 20 years experience in flash storage sales, he has played an important role in making this new technology into a fixture in data centers. He earned an MBA in International Business and Organizational Behavior at Oakland University (Rochester, MI) and has presented at past Flash Memory Summits, OCP US Summit, and other events.