The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap 2026 Update

LOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid, in person or by zoom, you choose)
Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
If you want to join remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/
Join via YouTube:
https://youtube.com/live/sJ38lsfLfeU

AGENDA
6:30 Door opens, SFBAY ACM 68 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
7:00 SFBay ACM 2026 Slate of board members and annual election, upcoming events.
7:15 Dr. Tom Coughlin :"The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap 2026 Update"
8:25- 8:40 finish, depending on Q&A

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Abstract
A group of experts recently completed a roadmap for all types of digital storage technology out 15 years into the future. This includes NAND flash and new non-volatile memories, hard disk drives, magnetic tape, optical storage and DNA storage. Come to this talk to get a glimpse of the future of something that people can’t get enough of, digital storage technology.

Speaker Bio:
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates is a digital storage analyst and business/ technology consultant. He has over 40 years in the data storage industry with engineering and senior management positions. Coughlin Associates consults, publishes books and market and technology reports and puts on digital storage and memory-oriented events. He is a regular contributor for forbes.com and M&E organization websites. He is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Senior Member, 2024 IEEE President, Past-President IEEE-USA, Past Director IEEE Region 6 and Past Chair Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section, and is also active with SNIA, SMPTE and CNSV. For more information on Tom Coughlin go to www.tomcoughlin.com.

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