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defining NVMe over Fabrics was to add no more than 10 microseconds of
latency to the storage system compared toa directly connected NVMe SSD.
‘The extension of NVMe across a distributed network isrit the final word for
the protocol. NVMe, as the name implies, works for any form of nonvolatile
memory, whether it is based on NAND flash, ike an NVMe SSD, or some
other form of persistent memory.
‘As NAND flash gives way to persistent memory based on phase-change
technology or spin torque magnetoresistive RAM, the NVMe protocol is,
poised to help connect them to CPUs in future systems.
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