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| ACSL - (publisher of storagesearch.com) | SSDs - the big market picture Editor:- June 21, 2010 - StorageSearch.com published a new article - What's the big picture message re SSDs? If you often find yourself explaining to your VC, lawyer or non technical BBQ guests why you spend so much time immersed in SSD web pages - this may be the link they need. | |
| 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 | SSD Innovations - new report from Forward
Insights Editor:- March 31, 2010 - Forward Insights has announced imminent availability of a new report - SSD Innovations ($4,499) - which explores key innovations to improve the performance and lifetime of SSDs. It focuses on innovative solutions from major industry players such as FusionIO, Intel, Pliant, Sandforce, SanDisk and STEC for improving the performance, endurance and reliability of SSDs. An exploration of the evolution of application requirements in computing applications, performance limitations of flash-based storage systems, trends and industry innovations is provided. In addition, innovative SSD architectures incorporating new memory technologies, external power supply and linked chain architectures are investigated as future SSD development directions. ...Table of Contents (pdf) | |
| 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 Comments on SSD Market Editor:- January 20, 2010 - IDC says that SSD shipments in 2009 exceeded 11 million units, an increase of 14% year over year. Looking forward, IDC says it expects SSD adoption will continue to experience tangible growth in 2010 and beyond, with shipments expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 54% over the 2008-2013 forecast period. | |
| 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. | |
| 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:-
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| iSuppli | Data Flash Market Tracker In March 2010 - iSuppli published a report called - Data Flash Q2 2010 Market Tracker. It addresses issues such as:- how do SSDs impact the flash market and what are new emerging markets and their trends. | |
| 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 | |
| Web-Feet Research | SSD Markets and Applications - new report
from Web-Feet Research Editor:- June 10, 2010 -Web-Feet Research has published its 8th annual report on SSD Markets and Applications ($7,500). How well is SSD adoption in the Client, Enterprise, and Commercial Markets progressing? What will be the challenges that will influence SSD acceptance and adoption rates in these segments? Although there is plenty of coverage on SSDs in blogs and other media, WFR answers these important questions and differentiates its study by providing a detailed analysis of the client, commercial and enterprise end use markets for SSDs and incorporates the analysis of HDD storage for the same competing end use markets. Detailed forecasts for both SSD and hard disk drive storage for these end use markets are provided. Also included are the technical and implementation challenges facing SSDs with respect to: capacity, reliability, density, operating temperature, and mechanical ruggedness as they relate to flash component performance, cost and integration. | |
| 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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