Reading List

Non-Volatile Memory Technology

• G.W. Burr et al., "Overview of Candidate Device Technologies for Storage Class Memory", IBM Journal of Research and Development, 52(4/5), July/September 2008.
• R. Bez et al., "Introduction to Flash Memory", Proceedings of the IEEE, 91(4), April 2003.
• S. Raoux et al., "Phase-Change Random Access Memory: A Scalable Technology", IBM Journal of Research and Development, 52(4/5), July/September 2008.

Main Memory Design Using Non-Volatile Memory

• B. Lee et al., "Architecting Phase Change Memory as a Scalable DRAM Alternative", ISCA 2009.
• M. Qureshi et al., "Scalable High Performance Main Memory System Using Phase-Change Memory Technology", ISCA 2009
• P. Zhou et al., "A Durable and Energy Efficient Main Memory Using Phase Change Memory Technology", ISCA 2009
• R. Desikan et al, "On-chip MRAM as a High-Bandwidth, Low-Latency Replacement for DRAM Physical Memories", UT-Austin Technical Report TR-02-47, 2002.

Cache Design Using Non-Volatile Memory

• G. Sun et al., "A Novel Architecture of the 3D Stacked MRAM L2 Cache for CMPs", HPCA 2009.
• X.Wu et al., "Hybrid Cache Architecture with Disparate Memory Technologies", ISCA 2009

A Retrospective on the System Level Impact of Memory Non-Volatility

• M. Wu and W. Zwaenepoel, "eNVy: A Non-Volatile, Main Memory Storage System", ASPLOS 1994.
• P. Chen et al., "The Rio File Cache: Surviving Operating System Crashes", ASPLOS 1996.
• J. Condit et al., "Better I/O Through Byte-Addressable, Persistent Memory", SOSP 2009.

The Architecture of Solid State Disks (SSDs)

• N. Agrawal et al., "Design Tradeoffs for SSD Performance", USENIX 2008.

SSD File Translation Layer Design

• E. Gal and S. Toledo, "Algorithms and Data Structures for Flash Memories", ACM Computing Surveys, 37(2), June 2005.
• A. Gupta et al., "DFTL: A Flash Translation Layer Employing Demand-based Selective Caching of Page-level Address Mappings", ASPLOS 2009.

SSD Interface to the Operating System

• V. Prabhakaran et al., "Transactional Flash", OSDI 2008.
• A. Rajimwale et al., "Block Management in Solid-State Devices", USENIX 2009.

Flash Based Disk Caches

• J. Matthews et al., "Intel® Turbo Memory: Nonvolatile Disk Caches in the Storage Hierarchy of Mainstream Computer Systems", ACM Transactions on Storage, 4(2), May 2008.
• T. Kgil et al., "Improving NAND Flash Based Disk Caches", ISCA 2008.

Other Uses for/Issues Related to Non-Volatile Memory

• W. Enck et al., "Defending Against Attacks on Main Memory Persistence", ACSAC 2008.

Additional Papers

• M. Baker et al., "Non-Volatile Memory for Fast, Reliable File Systems", ASPLOS 1992.
• C. Dirik and B. Jacob, "The Performance of PC Solid-State Disks (SSDs) as a Function of Bandwidth, Concurrency, Device Architecture, and System Organization", ISCA 2009.
• S-W. Lee et al., "A Case for Flash Memory SSD in Enterprise Database Applications", SIGMOD 2008.