Alper Ilkbahar

Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Sandisk

Search every verified Alper Ilkbahar interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Alper Ilkbahar, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Sandisk, participated in the company's keynote at the Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2026, where he discussed NAND as a scalable foundation for the AI era. During the session, he presented findings on how Sandisk's High-Performance Flash (HPF) technology could improve capital efficiency in AI systems, citing an example where a system could run on a single GPU with an 8x reduction in capital expenditure. He also highlighted potential gains in GPU efficiency through increased memory capacity, referencing simulations demonstrated at the company's booth. Ilkbahar's remarks were part of a broader presentation alongside Sandisk's Chief Revenue Officer Jim Elliott and Chief Product Officer Khurram Ismail. The keynote addressed market trends in flash storage, including projections for persistent KV cache storage demand, and invited attendees to a related panel discussion featuring representatives from Google DeepMind and other industry partners.