"With this prototype, we have demonstrated the potential of memory-driven computing and also opened the door to immediate innovation,?EU? said Antonio Neri, executive vice president of HPE's enterprise group. ?EU?Our customers and the industry as a whole can expect to benefit from these advancements as we continue our pursuit of game-changing technologies."
The company said it is "committed to rapidly commercializing the technologies developed under The Machine research project into new and existing products." The proof-of-concept prototype, first brought online in October, is built on four different fundamental technologies: non-volatile memory, fabric, ecosystem enablement, and security, according to the company.
Non-volatile memory is a type of computer memory that can retrieve information even after having been turned off, such as flash memory and computer hard disks. Traditionally, non-volatile memory has been useful for long-term storage, but too slow to be used for the type of processing workloads that require faster types of memory, such as RAM.
HPE is aiming to develop non-volatile memory that approaches the performance of DRAM while offering the capacity and persistence of traditional storage. The company said it expects to be able to bring such products to market as soon as 2018.
The new architecture also makes use of HPE?EU?s X1 photonics chip module, a relatively new technology currently undergoing early-stage testing that will use optical connections rather than electrical ones to transmit data. Sending data via beams of light through an optical connection rather than via electrons through...