NGD Systems Advanced Newport Platform for computational storage recognized for innovation in SSD Flash Technology.

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. (FMS 2018) – August 9, 2018 – NGD Systems, Inc., the leader in computational storage, today announced that it has been recognized as a “Best of Show” winner at the 2018 Flash Memory Summit (FMS) show. NGD Systems was recognized for their leadership in developing computational storage solutions to address the next generation of petabyte-scale data analytics problems, which include real-time analytics, big data, and edge computing applications.

“Our panel of judges were impressed with a new approach to In-Situ processing with a solution that can address game changing performance and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) in addressing big data applications,” said Jay Kramer, Chairman of the Awards Program and President of Network Storage Advisors Inc. “We are proud to select NGD Systems for the Best of Show Innovation Award as it has the capability to process massive amounts of data with a next generation intelligent SSD solution.”

The concept of computational storage aims to solve the huge issues associated with moving petabytes of data from storage devices into server RAM for processing. The movement of a petabyte of data can take significant amounts of time, gating results and solutions. By embedding processing capabilities within storage devices such as SSDs, computational storage can eliminate the need for this data movement. The result can reduce the time to process a petabyte of data to a few second for highly parallel, read-intensive analytic applications.

“NGD Systems is honored to be recognized by the industry for our contributions to innovations in storage,” said Scott Shadley, Vice President of Marketing, NGD Systems. “Computational storage represents a paradigm shift in analytics for petabyte-scale data sets. This award testifies to the importance the industry sees in the solution of this problem for a variety of applications.”

NGD Systems has been showcasing the Newport platform and computational storage solutions at Flash Memory Summit, Aug 7-9, in Santa Clara at the Santa Clara Convention Center. These solutions can be found on the show floor in booth 618. NGD Systems will also showcase their solutions in a session on Thursday August 9th (COMP-301-1), as well as NGD Systems CTO, Dr. Vladimir Alves, in an Emerging Technology Keynote with special guest, Dr. Jae Young Do highlighting the results of the partnership with Microsoft Research, on Thursday August 9^th at 11:40am.

About NGD Systems

Founded in 2013 with its headquarters in Irvine, California, NGD Systems is a venture-funded company focused on creation of new category of storage devices that brings computation to data. NGD has designed its advanced proprietary NVMe controller technology which deploys patented Elastic FTL algorithm and Advanced LDPC Engines to provide industry leading capacity and scalability. The platform also deploys the patented In-Situ Processing technology to enable Computational Storage capability. The company is led by an executive team that helped drive and shape the flash storage industry, with decades in leadership positions with storage companies such as Western Digital, STEC, Memtech, and Micron. For more information please visit https://www.ngdsystems.com.

About Flash Memory Summit

Flash Memory Summit, produced by Conference ConCepts, showcases the mainstream applications, key technologies, and leading vendors that are driving the multibillion dollar non-volatile memory and SSD markets. Now in its 13^th year, FMS is the world’s largest event featuring the trends, innovations, and influencers driving the adoption of flash memory in demanding enterprise storage applications, as well as in smartphones, tablets, and mobile and embedded systems.

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