Irvine Sensors Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A17-083

Description

Realizing that not only flash density but interconnectivity presents a challenge to implementing very-large memory arrays, Irvine Sensors Corporation proposes a Reconfigurable, Hybrid, Three-dimensional Memory (RHyTHM) with Infinitely Scalable Interconnect Architecture (ISIA). RHyTHM is a hybrid structure consisting of multiple consumer, off-the-shelf, stacked flash components, coupled with a custom ISIA controller that allows the system memory density to scale at arbitrary levels to support any current or future storage-solution requirement, from terabytes to petabytes and beyond. Initial product development will focus on a 128TB RMM in an 8280 mm3 volume. This is accomplished by removing the standard, parallel, memory bus architecture and replacing it with a chainable, high speed serial, multi-ported interface. A single RHyTHM module will comprise up to 256 flash die connected in a wide-word fashion with a multi-gigabit interface supporting very high data transfer bandwidth. By incorporating COTS components, RHyTHM is able to provide an easily sustainable, low-cost, migrate-able, production platform capable of leveraging the “latest and greatest” in flash devices to maintain the highest possible density and the minimum size and weight all while retaining a standardized and backwards compatible, flexible interface allowing for drop-in upgradeability and system design.