Paper Title: Hyperscale Innovation: Flexible Direct Placement Mode

Paper Abstract: SSDs struggle with write amplification, performance, QOS and garbage collection. Flexible Direct Placement Mode represents a significant innovation from Google and Meta addressing these issues which enables significant TCO benefits compared to today's SSDs.

Paper Author: Ross Stenfort, Storage Engineer, META

Author Bio: Ross Stenfort is a Hardware System Engineer at Meta delivering scalable storage solutions. He has been involved in development of storage systems, SSDs, ROCs, HBAs and HDDs with many successful products and over 40 patents. He has storage experience in both large and small companies including CNEX, Seagate, LSI, SandForce, SiliconStor and Adaptec. He has a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.