ScaleMP And Netlist Advance Commercialization Of HybriDIMMtm Storage Class Memory Solution

IRVINE, Calif., July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Netlist, Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST), a provider of high-performance modular memory and ScaleMP Inc., a leader in software-defined computing and memory solutions, today announced a collaboration agreement to develop software-defined memory (SDM) solutions for Netlist's HybriDIMMtm.

"With SDM, ScaleMP has pioneered the use of low-cost, high-capacity non-volatile media as memory," said C.K. Hong, CEO of Netlist. "We look forward to leveraging ScaleMP's expertise to further highlight HybriDIMM's cost-effective fast storage and memory capabilities in various data-intensive applications."

"Netlist's HybriDIMM is a breakthrough storage class memory technology with the ability to deliver industry-leading cost/performance for in-memory computing," said Shai Fultheim, founder and CEO of ScaleMP. "Through the integration of SDM, we can help to maximize the value of HybriDIMM and further advance its market adoption."

HybriDIMM combines DRAM and existing NVM technologies with intelligent "on-DIMM" co-processing to deliver a significantly lower cost of memory. Expected to be launched in 2019, HybriDIMM supports multiple server architectures and is recognized as a standard LRDIMM without BIOS modifications.  HybriDIMM's cost-effective memory expansion and fast storage allows datacenter operators to reduce the cost of running database applications, online transaction processing, big data analytics, web applications and in-memory computing, and to capitalize on the promise of storage class memory using well-established NAND or newer, innovative NVM media.

About Netlist, Inc.
Netlist provides high-performance modular memory subsystems to customers in diverse industries that require enterprise and storage class memory solutions to empower critical business decisions.  Flagship products NVvault® and EXPRESSvault® enable customers to accelerate data running through their servers and storage and reliably protect enterprise-level cache, metadata and log data by providing near instantaneous recovery in the event of a system failure or power outage.  HybriDIMMtm, Netlist's next-generation storage class memory product, addresses the growing need for real-time analytics in Big Data applications, in-memory databases, high-performance computing and advanced data storage solutions.  Netlist also resells component products to end-customers that are not reached in the distribution models of the component manufacturers, including storage customers, appliance customers, system builders and cloud and datacenter customers.  Netlist holds a portfolio of patents, many seminal, in the areas of hybrid memory, storage class memory, rank multiplication and load reduction.  To learn more, visit www.netlist.com.

About ScaleMP
ScaleMP is the leader in virtualization for high-end computing, providing increased performance and reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO). The innovative Versatile SMPtm (vSMP) architecture provides software-defined computing and software-defined memory by aggregating multiple independent systems or high-performance Non-volatile Memory (NVM) into single virtual systems. Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers a new, revolutionary scale-up computing paradigm by delivering industry-standard, high-end symmetric multiprocessing compute and memory environments. To learn more, visit www.ScaleMP.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
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For more information, please contact:

For Netlist:
The Plunkett Group
Mike Smargiassi/Sharon Oh
[email protected]
(212) 739-6729

ScaleMP
Benzi Galili
[email protected]  
(201) 429-9740

SOURCE Netlist, Inc.