Tom Coughlin

Dec 1, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Tom Coughlin

In my columns throughout the year, I have shared my priorities for my presidency. These include the need for IEEE to increase its retention of younger members and to engage with industry. I also committed to working to increase the organization’s outreach to the broader public and to cultivating an environment that fosters the development of new products and services for our members and customers.

Nov 20, 2024 | electronicdesign.com | Jim Handy |Tom Coughlin

Big Things are Happening in Embedded MemoryThe biggest strides are being made in embedded memory, the memory in system-on-chips (SoCs)-microcontrollers, ASICs, and other chips that have been using NOR flash since it was invented in the 1980s. Why would this be? Well, with the advent of the FinFET at 14 nm, flash memory was no longer an option. Of course, even if CMOS logic hadn't moved to a FinFET structure, 14 nm was out of the reach of planar flash anyway, for reasons we won't go into here.

Sep 1, 2024 | spectrum.ieee.org | Tom Coughlin

I would like our student members to know that IEEE is much more than just a club you join at school. It is an international community that can help students build and sustain successful careers as technical professionals after they graduate. For more than 40 years, IEEE has been a great place to build my personal brand and to create a valuable professional network. I know it can do the same for the next generation of engineers.

Aug 30, 2024 | viodi.com | Ken Pyle |Phil Mckinney |Tom Coughlin

From the outside, it was a nondescript modular house oddly planted in the middle of a corporate parking lot. Inside was one of the most impressive 2008-era demonstrations of smart home technologies.  It provided a tangible vision of what life would be like in the year 2024 and beyond. Thanks to Parks Associates, outsiders, like this author, had a chance to see the future on a field trip associated with their Connections Conference.

Aug 20, 2024 | forbes.com | Tom Coughlin

I attended the 2024 IEEE Magnetics Society TMRC conference at the University of California in Berkeley. The sessions I attended covered magnetic random-access memory (MRAM), heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) and magnetic heads and media for hard disk drives. Following are some insights from presentations at that event.