Flash memory have grown to become one of the most important and promising technologies we have for storing data today. It’s grown from being used solely by small small memory cards to being used with more or less every portable device you can find, up to hybrid harddrives and Solid State Drives. Dell, Intel and Microsoft has now decided to make flash memory a standard on the PC market as soon possible and has therefor founded the NVMHCI Working group. Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Working Group will, except from take our breath away, work to create a standardized programming interface for NAND-based flash memories. This is to make it easier to develop drivers for different flash memory products, such as solid-state drives.
“Nonvolatile memory solutions enable better system performance and lower power consumption as well as facilitate additional benefits such as smaller form factors, quieter systems and improved robustness,” said Liam Quinn, director of communications for technology strategy and architecture at Dell. “Dell looks forward to working with industry partners and extending the benefits NVMHCI will bring to our customers.”
Intel is the head honcho of the NVMHCI Working group, but Dell and Microsoft are key members of the group that is expected to deliver its first specification during the second half of 2007.
