Flash Memory Summit Announces 2019 Best of Show Award Winners

Record Number of Submissions Made All Categories Competitive
Demonstrating Industry Growth and Innovation

SANTA CLARA, CA – August 7, 2019 – Flash Memory Summit is pleased to announce its 2019 Best of Show Award winners. This year�s 22 awards recognize the most significant products and companies worldwide within the Flash Memory and Solid State Storage industries. According to show organizers, a record number of award submissions were received this year and the sophistication of the innovation from the vendor community made the categories extremely competitive.

�The sheer number of submissions for our Best of Show Awards prove the Flash Memory and Solid State Storage industry continues to grow and innovate,� said Jay Kramer, Awards chair, Flash Memory Summit. �In some cases, the judging was so close, we�ve awarded co-winners.�

The 14th Annual Flash Memory Summit Best of Show Award Winners are:

Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation

Product: FabreX™
Customer: San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
Company: GigaIO

Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation

Product: Computational Storage in PolarDB Cloud Native Relational Database
Customer: Alibaba
Company: ScaleFlux™

Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application

Product: XFMEXPRESS™ SSD Card
Company: Toshiba Memory Corporation

Most Innovative Flash Memory Business Application

Product: Ontrack Data Recovery
Company: Ontrack® and NetApp

Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application

Product: HyperDynamic™ eCommerce Application
Company: EXTEN

Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application

Product: NVMe-oF Kubernetes Composable Infrastructure Solution
Company: Viking™ Enterprise Solutions

Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application

Product: Micron 9200 NVMe SSD and WekaIO Matrix™ Fintech Solution
Company: Micron® and WekaIO

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: Zoned Namespaces
Category: SSD Firmware
Company: Radian® Memory Systems

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: 1Gb STT- MRAM
Category: MRAM
Company: Everspin® Technologies

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: Zoned Namespaces NVMe SSD
Category: ZNS
Company: Western Digital

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: Smart Memory Controller
Category: Controller
Company: Microchip

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: NVMesh2
Category: Smart NIC
Company: Excelero

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: AlveoTM U50 Accelerator and NoLoad® CSP
Category: Computational Storage
Company: Xilinx and Eideticom

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: FAIDTM LDPC error-correction technology
Category: Controller Error Correction
Company: Codelucida

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: SecureUSB® BT
Category: Data Protection
Company: SecureData

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: NVMe-oF™ Specification 1.1
Category: Industry Standards
Company: NVM Express®

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Product: Key Value Storage API Specification 1.0
Category: Industry Standards
Company: SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative

Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup

Product: Pliops Storage Processor
Category: Storage Engine Accelerator
Company: Pliops

Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup

Product: OPENCHOICE Storage
Category: All Flash Array
Company: Pavilion Data

Details of the award-winning companies, innovative products and solutions can be found at: BOS Winners

About the Flash Memory Summit

The Flash Memory Summit, produced by Conference ConCepts, showcases the mainstream applications, key technologies, and leading vendors that are driving the multi-billion dollar non-volatile memory and SSD markets. FMS is now 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.

Media Contacts

Dan Chmielewski +1.949.231.2965
Suzanne Tuchler +1.408.307.6900
Flash Memory Summit
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