OpenNVM: An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization

Jie Zhang; Gieseo Park; Mustafa M. Shihab; David Donofrio; John Shalf; Myoungsoo Jung

doi:10.1109/ICCD.2015.7357179

OpenNVM: An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization

Jie Zhang, Gieseo Park, Mustafa M. Shihab, David Donofrio, John Shalf, Myoungsoo Jung

School of Integrated Technology

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Abstract

Accurate characterization of real device samples is essential for understanding the true potential of the emerging non-volatile memories (NVMs) and identifying their optimal placement in the memory hierarchy. Even though, NVM devices are now available from different manufacturers, lack of an appropriate NVM controller and evaluation platform in the public domain is the main challenge in extracting empirical data from these real devices. In this paper, we present Open-NVM, an open-sourced, highly configurable FPGA based evaluation/characterization platform for various NVM technologies. Through our OpenNVM, this work reveals important low-level NVM characteristics, including i) static and dynamic latency disparity, ii) error rate variation, iii) power consumption behavior, vi) interrelationship between frequency and NVM operational current. In addition, we also examine state-of-The-Art write-once-memory (WOM) codes on a real NVM device and study diverse system-level performance impacts based on our findings. All FPGA source code and detailed information of our hardware design is ready to be open-sourced and downloaded for free.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	666-673
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467371650
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2015.7357179
Publication status	Published - 2015 Dec 14
Event	33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015 - New York City, United States Duration: 2015 Oct 18 → 2015 Oct 21

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Other	33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York City
Period	15/10/18 → 15/10/21

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
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Zhang, J., Park, G., Shihab, M. M., Donofrio, D., Shalf, J., & Jung, M. (2015). OpenNVM: An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization. In Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015 (pp. 666-673). Article 7357179 (Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2015.7357179

Zhang, Jie ; Park, Gieseo ; Shihab, Mustafa M. et al. / OpenNVM : An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization. Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 666-673 (Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015).

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Zhang, J, Park, G, Shihab, MM, Donofrio, D, Shalf, J & Jung, M 2015, OpenNVM: An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization. in Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015., 7357179, Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 666-673, 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015, New York City, United States, 15/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2015.7357179

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Zhang J, Park G, Shihab MM, Donofrio D, Shalf J, Jung M. OpenNVM: An open-sourced FPGA-based NVM controller for low level memory characterization. In Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 666-673. 7357179. (Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2015). doi: 10.1109/ICCD.2015.7357179

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