About the speaker
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates, is a digital storage analyst and business and technology consultant. He has more than 40 years in the data storage industry with engineering and senior management positions at several companies. An IEEE Life Fellow, Dr. Coughlin has many publications and six patents. He is also the author of "Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide," which is now in its second edition with Springer. Tom is a regular storage and memory contributor for forbes.com and media and entertainment organizations. Coughlin Associates consults and publishes books and market and technology reports, including The Media and Entertainment Storage Report and an Emerging Memory Report, and puts on digital storage-oriented events. Tom has served in numerous IEEE volunteer leadership roles, including President of IEEE-USA, Director of IEEE Region 6, Vice President and Board member of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society, Chair of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section, and Chair of the Consultants Network of Silicon Valley. He is also active with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE). For more information on Tom Coughlin go to http://www.tomcoughlin.com.
Abstract
The demand for digital storage is exploding, driven by the need to gather and provide data to support applications such as artificial intelligence. The projected energy required to run data center and network edge AI is placing great strains on the world’s power generation and distribution infrastructure. This presentation will explore developments in the technologies, architectures and uses of digital storage and memory that could improve energy efficiency, improve performance and help to create a circular economy for digital storage and memory devices.