Paper Title: Emerging Memory and Capital Spending Trends

Paper Abstract: The demand for non-volatile memory is expanding beyond the capabilities of flash memory. The volatile memories used in computers, embedded products and data centers are facing new competition from non-volatile memory options. This presentation will explore these options with observations on the benefits and drawbacks of each technology and how they are finding applications. Projections will be made for the growth of these NVM technologies (particularly 3D-XPoint and MRAM) for various applications and this will be the basis for projections for capital spending to support the production of these emerging NVMs.

Paper Author: Thomas Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates

Author Bio: Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates is a widely respected digital storage analyst as well as a business and technology consultant. He has over 35 years in the data storage industry with engineering and management positions at high profile companies. Dr. Coughlin has many publications and six patents to his credit. Tom is also the author of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide, which is now in its second edition with Springer. Coughlin Associates provides market and technology analysis as well as Data Storage Technical and Business Consulting services. Tom publishes the Digital Storage Technology Newsletter, the Media and Entertainment Storage Report, the Emerging Non-Volatile Memory Report and other industry reports. Tom is also a regular contributor on digital storage for Forbes.com and other blogs. Tom is active with SMPTE (Journal article writer and Conference Program Committee), SNIA (including a founder of the SNIA SSSI), the IEEE, (he is past Chair of the IEEE Public Visibility Committee, Past Director for IEEE Region 6, President Elect for IEEE USA and active in the Consumer Electronics Society) and other professional organizations. Tom is the founder and organizer of the Annual Storage Visions Conference (www.storagevisions.com as well as the Creative Storage Conference (www.creativestorage.org). He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Consultants Network of Silicon Valley (CNSV). For more information on Tom Coughlin and his publications and activities go to www.tomcoughlin.com.