Flash Memory Summit 2008

The place to be August 12-14

Flash Memory - Huge New Opportunity! Learn about it for free!

Consumer...Automotive...Computer...Embedded...Mil/Aero...Communications...Flash

Is Everywhere!   Free iPhone 3G Teardown!

Smaller • More Rugged • More Mobile • Easier to Use

Register on-line at www.flashmemorysummit.com for a free exhibits pass and enjoy all these FREE events:

• Special Plenary Session on Green Flash (Tuesday, August 12, 1:30 - 2:30 pm)
• Year in Review Reception and Panel (Tuesday, August 12, 5:30 - 7:30 pm)
• Keynotes by Micron, Dell, Spansion, SanDisk, Samsung, Numonyx, and Intel (Tuesday, August 12, 11:30 am - noon and 1 - 1:30 pm; Wednesday, August 13, 11 am - noon and 2 - 2:30 pm; Thursday, August 14, 11 am - noon)
• Sessions on design methods and software (Wednesday, August 13, 2:40 - 3:45 and 4 - 5 pm)
• All-Industry reception with food and refreshments (Wednesday, August 13, 5 - 7 pm)
• Beer, pizza, and chat with the experts featuring expert tables on a wide variety of subjects such as standards, software, consumer applications, and new technologies (Wednesday, August 13, 7 to 8:30 pm)
• Plenary Session on Life Beyond Flash: New Non-Volatile Memory Technologies (Thursday, August 14, 8:30 - 9:40 am)
• Sessions on Market Research, Security, and Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Flash Memory Today (Thursday, August 14, 10 - 10:50 am, 2 - 3 pm, and 3:15 - 4:30 pm)
• Special tutorial on Creating the Next Breakthrough Consumer Application? (Thursday, August 14, 2 to 4:30 pm)

BULLETIN: Kyle Wiens of iFixit will describe a teardown of the incredibly popular new Apple iPhone 3G.  He traveled all the way to New Zealand to be where the device was first released.  See www.ifixit.com for more information.  You can attend this session for free even with on-site registration-just bring your iPhone (or do a Steve Jobs imitation)!

The latest flash products from exhibitors such as SanDisk, Samsung, Micron, Numonyx, Spansion, STEC, MTron, SMART Modular, MOSAID, Blunk Microsystems, IMI, Finisar, EncryptX, CacheBase, BPM Microsystems, FusionIO, Denali, and many others (Wednesday, noon - 2 pm and 5 - 7 pm, and Thursday, noon - 2 pm).

Note to Silicon Valley folks: This local event is a great opportunity to learn about:

• Dell and Intel's plans for flash-based computers
• Flash/disk tradeoffs
• Content protection, digital rights management, and security
• Flash design methods
• Flash in enterprise storage (with major end users such as Dell, EMC, and Sun)
• Flash in consumer applications (iPod, iPhone, etc.)
• Future of flash memory

Register on-line at http://www.flashmemorysummit.com/ or bring a copy of this e-mail to the Summit for free admission. Online registration closes Aug 7th - register now for earlybird rates.

"The use of NAND in every area of storage makes lots of sense." - Dean Klein, Micron

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