Netlist Inc.

Netlist, Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: NLST)
Industry Computer hardware
Founded 2000
Founder C.K. Hong, Christopher Lopes, Jayesh Bhakta
Headquarters Irvine, California, United States of America
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 C.K. Hong (CEO)
Products HyperCloud Memory (HCDIMM)
Vault Data Protection
Flash Memory
Specialty DIMMs
Revenue Increase US$ 60.73 million (2011) [1]
Decrease US$ 5.60 million (2011) [1]
Total assets Increase US$ 32.17 million (2011) [1]
Total equity Decrease US$ 19.94 million (2011) [1]
Number of employees
 Increase 276 (2011) [1]
Website www.netlist.com

Netlist Inc. is a multinational company headquartered in Irvine, California that designs and manufactures a wide variety of high-performance, logic-based memory subsystems for global datacenter and high-performance computing and communications markets. The company primarily markets and sells memory products to original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) customers. Netlist has more than 200 employees and an annual revenue of US$ 60.7 million as of 2011.[2] The stock was added to NASDAQ in late 2006.[3] The company has manufacturing facilities in Suzhou, People's Republic of China and a design center in San Jose, CA.

Products

Netlist’s memory subsystems consist of combinations of dynamic random access memory integrated circuits (“DRAM ICs” or “DRAM”), NAND flash memory (“NAND”), application-specific integrated circuits (“ASICs”) and other components assembled on printed circuit boards (“PCBs”). Most of Netlist's products are highly customizable and built to order for the customer. Netlist sells HyperCloud Memory, NVvault, EXPRESSvault, CompactFlash, Secure Digital, Micro Secure Digital, PCI Mini SSD, mSATA Mini SSD, mSATA Slim SSD, SATA Fixed Disk Module, USB Fixed Disk Module, HyperStream, DDR3 DIMMs and DDR2 DIMMs.

History

November 30, 2006: Initial Public offering[4]

In the initial public offering of its common stock, Netlist, Inc. sold 6,250,000 shares at $7.00 each.[4]

November 11, 2009: 16GB, 2 Virtual Rank Memory Module HyperCloud Memory (HCDIMM) introduced[5]

HyperCloud is a 2 virtual ranks (vRank), double-data-rate three (DDR3) registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) for servers. HyperCloud Memory (HCDIMM) has a distributed architecture and custom ASICs which perform rank multiplication and load reduction. HyperCloud Memory allows 384 Gigabytes (GB) of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) to be populated in a single dual socket server.[5]

February 17, 2010: Non-Volatile Cache Memory Product NetVault(TM) introduced[6]

NetVault-NV is flash memory based non-volatile cache memory subsystem targeting redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) storage applications. NetVault-NV is used to provide a disaster recovery backup from system power failures and is optimized to ensure high system availability in RAID systems without using battery power for backup.[6]

April 21, 2010: 'Datacenter in a Box' at Interop Features HyperCloud Memory[7]

At the International Supercomputing Conference 2009 the 8GB and 16GB HyperCloud Memory (HCDIMM) were demonstrated on the HP ProLiant DL380 populated with 3 DIMMs per channel and run at 1333 MT/s.[7]

April 27, 2010: Low Voltage HyperCloud, 1.35V Virtual Rank Memory Module launches[8]

Low voltage HyperCloud memory supports 3 DIMMs per channel (3 DPC) at a transfer rate of 1067 MT/s. The HyperCloud Memory was introduced at Interop 2010 by demonstrating the 4GB low voltage HyperCloud module in an IBM x3550 M3.[8]

October 20, 2010: 100 Virtual Machines on a Single Standard Server Using HyperCloud Memory at Interop[9]

At Interop New York, Netlist demonstrated 100 virtual machines on a HP DL385 G7 dual socket server with AMD's Opteron 8-core CPUs and 24 memory slots using HyperCloud memory. The server was populated with 24 16GB, 2vRank HyperCloud DIMMs and ran vSphere virtualization software from VMware with 100 virtual machines, Linux, and Microsoft-based host software.[9]

March 15, 2011: Data Protection Product Line Expands With EXPRESSvault [10]

The EXPRESSvault is a plug ‘n play PCI Express cache data protection solution which has 50k IOPS and 1.3 GB/s throughput and preserves system cache during system fault. It has 1GB memory capacity, PCI Express Gen 1.1 (x8 lane) interconnect, a Linux driver and is RoHS compliant.[11]

April 20, 2011: Flash Product Line Expands with mSATA Mini & Slim SSDs[12]

The mSATA mini SSD module offers storage capacity of up to 32GB with onboard 64MB DRAM cache, has typical read performance up to 120MB/s and typical write performance up to 48MB/s. The mSATA slim SSD module offers storage capacities up to 128GB with onboard 64MB DRAM cache and has typical read performance up to 240MB/s and typical write performance to 190MB/s. Both mSATA modules are SATA v2.6 compatible, support data rates to 3.0Gbps, SMART functionality, expanded register 48-bit addressing mode, and power management.[12]

June 8, 2011: Embedded Flash Portfolio Expands with New Mini PCI Express SSD[13]

The mini PCI Express (PCIe) SSD offers storage capacity of up to 128GB with multi-level cell (MLC) Flash and up to 64GB with single-level cell (SLC) Flash. It is compatible with PCI Express v2.0, supports DDR ONFI 2.2 Flash and bi-directional transfer rates to 5GT/s (Giga transfers per second) on the PCIe bus. It supports read performance up to 350MB/s and write performance up to 170MB/s.[13]

August 2, 2011: 16GB, 4Rank Very Low Profile Planar-X RDIMM Introduced[14]

The 16GB, 4Rank VLP Planar-X RDIMM utilizes the Planar-X board design which allows twice the number of DRAM components within standard DIMM dimensions by using two printed circuit boards connected by a flex circuit. This enables the use of 72 2Gb DRAM in 36 4Gb dual die packages instead of 36 4Gb DRAM in 18 8Gb dual die packages to achieve the same capacity as a standard 16GB 4Rank VLP RDIMM module.[14]

August 4, 2011: HyperStream Low Latency Memory Introduced [15]

HyperStream low latency memory modules are available in standard 4GB and 8GB DDR3 1333 MT/s and 1440 MT/s RDIMM configurations, both LP (30mm) and VLP (19mm) form factors.[15]

August 9, 2011: Cache-to-Flash Market Leadership Extends With Next Generation NVvault™ DDR3 NVDIMM Module[16]

The NVvault DDR3 is JEDEC compatible with standard DDR3 RDIMM and delivers a 1333MT/s throughput rates, 2GB and 4GB capacities, and multi-DIMM per channel support.[16] "The NVvault DDR3 modules utilize Netlist's proprietary Vault cache-to-flash controller and works in conjunction with general purpose CPUs, RAID On Chip ICs (ROCs), and other devices with DDR3 a standard interface".[16]

October 25, 2011: Flash Product Line Expands With mSATA Half-Slim and 1.8" SATA SSD Drives[17]

The mSATA half-slim module offers storage capacity of up to 128GB with onboard 64MB DRAM cache and the 1.8" SATA SSD drive offers storage capacities to 256GB with onboard 128MB DRAM cache.[17] They are both "fully SATA v2.6 compatible, supports 3.0Gbps data rates, SMART and TRIM functionality, expanded 48-bit register addressing mode, and power management."[17]

November 14, 2011: 32GB Virtual Dual Rank HyperCloud Planar-X RDIMM Introduced[18]

The 32GB Virtual Dual Rank HyperCloud Planar-X RDIMM runs at 1333MT/s speed, has a low latency, distributed architecture, supports 1.5V/1.35V and JEDEC compatible.[19]

November 15, 2011: 32GB HyperCloud Memory Module Demonstrates on a Cirrascale's Blade Server at SC'11[20]

At the International Supercomputing Conference 2011 Netlist showcased a Cirrascale's rackmount server configured with two Intel Xeon 5600 series processors and eighteen 16GB HyperCloud Memorymodules running at 1333 MT/s.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "2011 Form 10-K, Netlist, Inc". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. ↑ "Netlist, Inc. (NLST) Revenue & Earnings Per Share (EPS)". March 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Chris Casacchia (May 11, 2011). "Netlist Reports Mixed Q1 Results".
  4. 1 2 "NASDAQ Netlist Inc (NLST) IPO". November 30, 2006.
  5. 1 2 "Netlist Launches World's First 16GB, 2 Virtual Rank Memory Module". November 11, 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Netlist Commences Volume Shipments of Non-Volatile Cache Memory Product NetVault(TM) to Market Leading OEM". February 17, 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Netlist Demonstrates 'Datacenter in a Box' at Interop Featuring HyperCloud(TM) Memory". April 21, 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Netlist Introduces Low Voltage HyperCloud, Industry's First 1.35V Virtual Rank Memory Module". April 27, 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Netlist Demonstrates 100 Virtual Machines on a Single Standard Server Using HyperCloud™ Memory at Interop". October 20, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Netlist Expands Data Protection Product Line With EXPRESSvault". March 15, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Netlist EXPRESSvault Brief" (PDF).
  12. 1 2 "Netlist Expands Flash Product Line With mSATA Mini & Slim SSDs". April 20, 2011.
  13. 1 2 "Netlist Expands Embedded Flash Portfolio with New Mini PCI Express SSD". June 8, 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Netlist Introduces 16GB, 4Rank Very Low Profile Planar-X RDIMM". August 2, 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Netlist Introduces HyperStream Low Latency Memory". August 4, 2011.
  16. 1 2 3 "Netlist Extends Cache-to-Flash Market Leadership With Next Generation NVvault™ DDR3 NVDIMM Module". August 9, 2011.
  17. 1 2 3 "Netlist Expands Flash Product Line With mSATA Half-Slim and 1.8" SATA SSD Drives". October 25, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Netlist Introduces Industry's First 32GB Virtual Dual-Rank RDIMM". November 14, 2011.
  19. ↑ "HyperCloud™ 32GB 2vRank DDR3 RDIMM" (PDF). February 6, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Netlist Demonstrates Industry's First 32GB HyperCloud Memory Module With Cirrascale's Blade Server at SC11". November 15, 2011.
  21. ↑ "HyperCloud Achieves Server Memory Speed Breakthrough at SC11". November 16, 2011.

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