A Collection of Open Standards
NVM Express is an open collection of standards and information to fully expose the benefits of non-volatile memory in all types of computing environments from mobile to data center. The original NVM Express Work Group was incorporated as NVM Express in 2014 and is the consortium responsible for the development of the NVM Express specification. The organization currently has over 100 member companies.
NVMe is designed from the ground up to deliver high bandwidth and low latency storage access for current and future NVM technologies. The NVM Express standards include:
- NVM Express (NVMe) Specification – The register interface and command set for PCI Express technology attached storage with industry standard software available for numerous operating systems. NVMe is widely considered the defacto industry standard for PCIe SSDs.
- NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) Specification – The command set and architecture for out of band management of NVM Express storage (e.g., discovering, monitoring, and updating NVMe devices using a BMC).
- NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) Specification – The extension to NVM Express that enables tunneling the NVM Express command set over additional transports beyond PCIe architecture. NVMe over Fabrics technology extends the benefits of efficient storage architecture at scale in the world’s largest data centers by allowing the same protocol to extend over various networked interfaces.
NVM Express Members can access the organizations brand materials here:
Please visit the following links to learn more.
General questions may be directed to info@nvmexpress.org.
Membership questions may be directed to membership@nvmexpress.org or you can learn more on our Membership page.