Notes about FMS 2025

Just wrapped up an incredible week at the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference in Santa Clara—my second as CEO of Geyser Data, and it didn't disappoint. With AI dominating conversations, the event spotlighted how storage is evolving to keep pace with massive data demands. From breakthrough SSDs to futuristic concepts like lunar datacenters, here's a quick rundown of what caught my eye, blending my notes with the buzz from key sessions and announcements.

Newsboy excitedly announces groundbreaking headline: "A Datacenter Landed on the Moon," marking a new era in lunar technology.

AI was everywhere, driving innovations in high-capacity, low-latency storage. Kioxia stole the show with their LC9 Series—the industry's first 245.76 TB QLC NVMe SSD, built for generative AI environments.

This beast packs 32-die stacks of BiCS FLASH tech, hitting speeds up to 12 GB/s while optimizing power efficiency for AI workloads. It's a game-changer for scaling data centers without breaking the bank on energy. They also teased collaborations with Nvidia to push SSD performance to 100 million IOPS by 2027, leveraging direct GPU connections for caching and memory extension.

Speaking of Nvidia, their "Storage-Next" initiative was a hot topic, focusing on AI-optimized storage to slash costs and boost inference speeds—think Dynamo enabling faster data pipelines for large models.

Cold storage got some love too, aligning perfectly with Geyser Data's mission. I was intrigued by SPhotonix's 5D optical technology, which promises ultra-dense, eternal archiving—up to 360 TB per disc, lasting billions of years without power.

Content-aware archives, makes AI-driven data retrieval from archives a breeze. This echoes our own solutions for sustainable, long-term storage amid exploding AI datasets.

On the wilder side, discussions touched space-grade tech. ATP Electronics showcased radiation-tolerant SSDs, crucial for satellites and beyond-Earth ops, where cosmic rays amp up soft errors by 2.2x per 1,000m altitude.

And yes, lunar datacenters were floated—not sci-fi anymore, with companies like Lonestar testing moon-based servers for disaster recovery and low-gravity cooling perks.

Imagine off-planet backups powering AI from the moon!

Networking-wise, I chatted with the Verge.io team about their VMware replacement platform, infused with AI for private deployments. It's a unified hyperconverged setup that simplifies ops and boosts VM density—perfect for enterprises ditching legacy systems.

Last but not least I saw a demo of SSD performance using Iometer! Iometer test hit 7,500 MB/s, but what is incredible is that Iometer is still alive! Apparently in the last 25 years nobody wrote a better performance tool software.

Overall, FMS 2025 reinforced that storage isn't just about capacity—it's about smart, AI-integrated ecosystems. As we at Geyser Data push cold storage frontiers, events like this fuel our roadmap. Excited for what's next—let's connect if you're navigating AI data challenges! 🚀