| SSD analyst company |
Editor's pick from
SSD news about SSD Market
Reports |
ACSL
(publisher of
StorageSearch.com ) |
the top SSD companies in Q4 2011
Editor:-
January 20, 2012 - StorageSearch.com
today published the new 19th quarterly edition of -
the Top 20 SSD Companies
List.
As I said to a couple of people yesterday - "In an
uncertain and disruptive market like SSDs - if you're looking to shortlist
partners, suppliers and investments - there's safety in numbers."
It's a good initial filter and starting point. I've always found it
very useful and that's why I decided to share the list with readers back in
2007 when
there were only 55 companies in the SSD market. Today I talk to over 300 SSD
companies. You probably have better things to do with your time.
...read the article |
| Coughlin Associates |
What's Holding up the SSD market? - Podcast
on Denali.com
Editor:-
March 3, 2009 - Denali.com has posted an interview with Tom
Coughlin on the subject of - 'What's Holding up the SSD market?'"
In
this 20 minute podcast Coughlin discusses many of the uncertainties and
complicating factors that will have to be resolved before
flash SSDs can
significantly displace magnetic
media in the broad range of computing products.
Among the many insights:- many new flash SSD oems aiming at the
notebook market just don't know enough about what happens to hard disks in all
the many applications they are used in, and this is a multi-year learning curve.
- I'd certainly agree with that. In my view there are many hastily designed
SSDs in the market which merely represent what the designer could cut and paste
from their own IP, sometimes tweaked to
look good in
benchmarks.
In the server acceleration space (sometimes referred to as
tier zero storage) - Coughlin is asked what proportion of this market for hard
drives is accessible to SSDs. In line with
long established SSD
industry thinking Coughlin says that SSDs don't replace hard drives - but that
maybe about 1 in 10 drives could usefully be deployed as SSDs. Tom also talks
about the importance of Storage
Events. |
| Forward Insights |
new to SSD? - new report from Forward
Insights
Editor:- January 31, 2012 - Forward Insights
has recently published a new report -
SSD Technology and
Applications: A Primer (88 pages $1,499).
Author Gregory Wong says - "It's
an ideal guide for novices interested in acquiring a basic understanding of SSD
technology and applications as well as a handy reference for more experienced
professionals."
Editor's comments:- Among other things
(see contents
pdf for more details) Greg says the report also provides an overview of the
competitive landscape for SSDs.
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| Gartner |
SSD Market Projections - from Denali &
Gartner
Editor:- February 9, 2010 - Denali Software
published an article -
the
Evolving Enterprise SSD - which comments on detailed SSD market size
predictions from Gartner
related to SSD form factors and interfaces.
If you look at the curves
related to form factors - you can infer that StorageSearch.com's readers are
about 3 to 4 years ahead of the market in their search volume.
Another
way of looking at it is that our readers have always been ahead of the SSD
market adoption curve - and have been
historically
and statistically significant in shaping the SSD market penetration curves by
their actions in either designing SSDs or buying them. |
| Gerson
Lehrman Group |
Flash Memory Experts - Another Directory
Editor's
comments:- April 16, 2009 - GLG has a
Flash
Memory Experts - Study Group
This directory lists over 100 people
in various companies - including many experts on the flash market. |
| IDC |
IDC SSD Market Forecasts
Editor:- the summary description
for IDC's
2010 to 2014 SSD market forecast (updated Dec 2010) suggests it only
tracks 14 out of the more than 200 SSD companies in the market - and excludes
many significant companies listed in
StorageSearch.com's own
top 20 SSD companies list.
That's a problem with this type of
historic shipments tracking list - and is something I commented on many years
ago in the context of similar market size numbers for the
NAS market.
What
these types of reports can do is understate the market size of fast growing
markets - because sampling errors may exclude companies in the segment being
tracked which are more significant than those for whom numbers are being
collected. |
| In-Stat |
In-Stat Says SSDs will be in 50% of Mobile Computers by 2013
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz. - July 17, 2006 - hard disk drives face competition in the mobile
computer mass storage market as flash-based solid state drives stand ready in
the wings according to a new report (price $2,995 ) published by In-Stat.
In fact, SSDs have the
potential to dethrone HDD
as the top laptop storage choice within 10 years, the high-tech market research
firm says. The research leads In-Stat to believe that the SSD market share in
mobile computers could reach 50% by 2013.
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| IP-nest |
Nand Flash Controller IP Market Forecast
In January 2010 - IP-nest
published a report called -
Nand Flash
Controller (NFC) IP Market Forecast 2009-2014 ($1,590).
It answers
questions like:-
- What is the license price evolution for NFC for SLC? For MLC?
- What is the penetration rate for 2010-2014 of externally sourced NFC IP?
- Key applications for NFC Bridge to PCI Express, SATA or USB 3.0
- How many ASIC/ASSP world wide designs start, and related IP sales on
2010-2014?
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| iSuppli |
iSuppli says SSD revenue in 2011 will reach
$4.4 billion
Editor:- March 17, 2011 -iSuppli today
announced it expects
SSD
revenue in 2011 to hit $4.4 billion - up 91% from $2.3 billion in
2010.
By
2014, iSuppli expects SSD revenue to reach $7 billion. |
| Objective Analysis |
enterprise SSD market growth will accelerate
- says Objective Analysis
Editor:- April 27, 2010 - Objective Analysis
has published a new 104 page market report -
Data
Centers Drive Major SSD Growth (
$5,000)
which concludes that "the stunning growth of
SSDs in enterprise servers
and storage systems is only going to get stronger."
The company
finds that the enterprise SSD market is likely to approach $4 billion in
revenues by 2015,
nearly 17x times that of 2009, while unit shipments will increase by
50x during that period to over 4 million units. |
| Semico Research |
Flash SSDs making inroads into Computing
In
May 2010 - Semico
Research published a report
Flash SSDs
Making Inroads into Computing - which is just one of a whole
series of reports
they have published about the SSD and nv memory markets since 2005. |
| TrendFocus |
TRENDFOCUS Various Reports on SSDs
The
SSD market continues to rapidly evolve and since the July 2008 publication of
our FOCUS ON: SSDs, the landscape for both enterprise and client SSDs has
transformed in many expected and unexpected ways.
The small but highly
publicized enterprise SSD market continues to be dominated by nearly a single
supplier – STEC; however, almost all HDD manufacturers who produce or are
intending to manufacture enterprise HDDs have developed strategies to enter the
high-end of the SSD market over the next year or so.
Based on today's shipment activity, the SSD market can still only be
best characterized as nascent. However, the rapid development of controller
technologies, NAND density improvement (driving cost reduction) and a diverse
base of suppliers is pointing toward the build-up of an industry foundation that
will drive rapid growth of both the enterprise and client SSD markets. SSDs will
play an important, but coexistent role along with HDDs to address broadening
data storage needs for years to come.
"FOCUS ON Update: SSDs Begin to Mature" ($499)) provides insight
into the current competitive landscape of SSDs as well as shipment and HDD
market erosion forecasts
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| Web-Feet Research |
the latest SSD market report from Web-Feet
Research
Editor:- July 19, 2011 - Web-Feet Research
has published a new quarterly edition of its SSD market report series (annual
subscription $7,500). You can see the
introduction
and summary here (pdf) - where among other things you'll learn...
"Adoption
of SSDs in client and enterprise applications gained momentum in
2010 with
shipments and revenue doubling to 10.3 million units and $2.6 billion. The
outlook for 2011 is 16.6 million units and $4.1 billion in revenue
demonstrating continued strong growth." |
| Westwood Marketing |
Flash Metrics Reports
Westwood
Marketing's monthly Flash Metrics Executive Report includes industry
analysis and forecasting.
It also provides subscribers with
extensive analysis of flash memory cards, USB Flash Drives, portable media
players, and SSDs from leading retailers, e-commerce sellers, and OEM's.
The Flash Metrics Executive Report also includes news briefs, new
product overviews and weekly promotional advertising data that help subscribers
to stay at the forefront of the industry.
With its focus on finished products, Flash Metrics provides
subscribers throughout the Flash Memory food chain with timely, accurate data,
and sophisticated analytical tools. Component Metrics focus is on contract and
spot market memory pricing data and its analysis. Combined, the reports help
subscribers enhance their competitive position, increase profit margins, and
reduce financial risk.
Our top-down/bottom-up tool allows subscribers
to quickly and accurately determine finished good pricing and competitive
positioning. Data for both reports is collected from reliable sources in North
America, Europe and Asia on a weekly basis
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