Paper Title: NVMe Adoption by microSD Memory Cards

Paper Abstract: Did you ever imagine that NVMe could be used in a memory card the size of fingernail? The world's most popular removable memory cards, SD and microSD, added the PCIe and NVMe interfaces into the SD Express and microSD Express specifications. With this adoption, NVMe is everywhere and across all parts of the storage ecosystem's from data centers to removable memory cards. This talk will describe the SD Express specifications (SD7.x and SD8), upcoming new features, how to easily implement SD Express in host devices, plus describe the world of opportunities created with removable cards which support the NVMe storage interface.

Paper Author: Michael Lavrentiev, Technologist, SD Association

Author Bio: System Engineer at Western Digital, serves as the Chair of Specification Working Group at the SD Card Association. Involved and leads the SD specification developments for the last 10 years, including the latest SD Express specifications. Contributed for the development of new generations of market leading SD and microSD cards. Handled product management and product requirements for various flash memory solutions design. Hold BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel.