FITEE Special Feature on Design and Application of New Storage Systems

As the core of a computer system, the storage system plays an important role in the sustainable development of emerging strategic industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT). With increase in the performance of processors and network devices, storage stack access becomes one of the major factors restricting the performance of data-intensive systems. In recent years, new storage devices, such as block-addressable flash memory, byte-addressable NVRAM, in-memory computing devices, and large-capacity optical storage, have attracted wide attention as they are expected to break the “memory wall.” To satisfy the requirements of large storage systems with high throughput, low access latency, and high data reliability, future storage systems urgently require constant innovation in algorithms, software designs, hardware adaptions, and so on. It can help address challenges in building larger-scale and higher-performance systems with more complex structures. It can also enrich the experience in building and applying relevant systems, and accelerate the development of big data processing.

To address the “memory wall” problem, improve our independence in storage techniques, enhance academic advancement and application breadth of our country in relevant areas, and provide advanced theory and application for the development and innovation of new storage systems in the future, Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering (FITEE for short) invites Prof. Weimin Zheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as the Editor-in-Chief to organize this special feature on “design and application of new storage systems.”