Programming Models for Emerging Non-Volatile Memory Technologies

Upcoming advances in Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) technologies will blur the line between storage and memory, creating a disruptive change to the way software is written. Just as NAND (Flash) has led to the addition of new operations such as TRIM, next generation NVM will support load/store operations and require new APIs. In this article, I describe some of the issues related to NVM programming, how they are currently being resolved, and how you can learn more about the emerging interfaces.