GPUDirect
GPUDirect - GPUDirect enables DMA (direct memory access) between GPU memory and NVMe storage drives. Typically, data transfers to a GPU are controlled by the storage host server’s x86...
GDDR
GDDR - Graphics Double Data Rate memory - DRAM from graphics computing units (GPUs). Micron makes GDDR6 memory which pumps out data at 616GB/s of bandwidth to a GPU. Its...
FTP
FTP - File Transfer Protocol. It is a way to transfer file between a source computer system and a destination computer system across a a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...
FTL
FTL - Flash Translation Layer - code resident in an SSD's controller which manages data placement -writing - and reading on an SSD and the recovery and re-use of...
FRU
FRU - Field-Replaceable Unit - a maintenance term meaning that a part of a system can be replaced where the system is deployed (in the field) without the system...
FPGA
FPGA - Field-Programmable Gate Array. These are semiconductor devices built from a matrix of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) linked by programmable interconnects. This means that FPGAs, unlike ASICs, can...
Floating Gate
Floating Gate - A type of integrated circuit NAND cell invented in 1967 by Simon Sze of Bell Labs, which uses floating gate transistors. These have a polycrystalline silicon conductive layer,...
Flash
Flash - A generic term for NAND-based storage. See NAND.
Filer
Filer - A storage array using SSDs or disk drives or both to store files in folders and make them available to many accessing servers and/or personal computing devices...
File
File - a file is set of data items, such as this document, with a name and an entry in a nested file and folder structure. This starts from...
FICON
FICON - Fibre Channel Connection. This is IBM's name for Fibre Channel and its replacement for ESCON as a mainframe connection hardware+software cabling system to link a mainframe host...
FEOL
FEOL - Front End of Line. The early stages of a semiconductor manufacturing process. It is differentiated from BEOL - Back End of Line, which refers to the final...