Flash Memory Summit Celebrates 35 Years of NAND Flash Memory Innovation

Remember floppy disks and Zip drives? Now terabytes of storage can be held in the palm of your hand, and smartphones have more storage than a laptop from not long ago. These incredible advances are thanks to NAND Flash memory, an indispensable technology that is 35 years old this year. Without KIOXIA’s invention of NAND, and the subsequent innovations by industry leaders including Samsung, Western Digital, SK hynix, as well as KIOXIA, today’s handheld technology and a huge portion of cloud-based data would not have been possible today – and was barely conceivable 35 years ago in 1987.

Flash Memory Summit 2022 (FMS), taking place August 2-4 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California, will celebrate NAND’s 35th anniversary at this year’s in-person event. KIOXIA, Samsung, Western Digital, and SK hynix have united as 35th Anniversary Celebration Sponsors to host the FMS22 Exhibition Hall Grand Opening on Tuesday, August 2, from 4-7pm.  This party will include a band, food, beverages, a commemorative cake, and a variety of themed giveaways in these four sponsors’ booths.

On Thursday August 4, at noon, key representatives from the Celebration Sponsors will take part in a roundtable to discuss “NAND Flash and Its Impact on the World.” Futurist Paul Saffo of Stanford Univ. will lead the discussion with Doug Wong of KIOXIA, Dr. Luca Fasoli of Western Digital, and Santosh Kumar of SK hynix. You are invited to this event, as well as the Grand Opening party, the keynote talks, and the technical talks, and to see the many new and innovative products on display by nearly 100 companies in the FMS Exhibition Hall.

For more information visit https://flashmemorysummit.com/. Visit https://flash-memory.omnievent.com/ to register for the event.

About FMS: The Future of Memory and Storage

FMS: the Future of Memory and Storage, produced by Conference ConCepts, is the premier global event showcasing cutting-edge developments in multi-billion-dollar high-speed memory and storage technologies. As the world’s largest conference and exhibition in this sector, FMS highlights mainstream applications, breakthrough innovations, key enabling technologies, and the full spectrum of players—from leading vendors to disruptive startups. This event spans critical application areas including AI, enterprise data centers, high-performance computing, mobile devices at the edge, and embedded systems. FMS serves as a dynamic hub where technology professionals, executive leaders, customers, cloud providers, hyperscaler companies, and industry analysts converge to explore the evolving landscape of memory and storage. With a renewed commitment to inclusivity and innovation, FMS is shaping the future of memory and storage—especially at its intersection with artificial intelligence.

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