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| ACSL - (publisher of storagesearch.com) | New edition - the Top 10 SSD Companies Editor:- January 7, 2010 - StorageSearch.com today published the 11 quarterly edition of the top 10 SSD oems - ranked by search volume in the 4th quarter of 2009. This is always one of the most popular articles on our site. I know that many SSD companies themselves are nervous and eager to see how they've fared in this important list which predicts future winners in the market based on the world's leading SSD focus group. I've tried to be more direct with my own analytical comments too - even if it means repeating some things I've already said in other places - because I know that most of you don't have the time to read hundreds of SSD articles. ...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 Error Technologies Required to Scale
MLC SSDs Editor:- January 18, 2010 - Forward Insights publishes a new market report this month - ECC and Signal Processing Technology for SSDs and Multi-bit per cell NAND Flash Memories. Bit errors are becoming more severe as NAND flash memory scales below 40nm process technology and transitions to 3-bit and 4-bit per cell architectures. Increased ECC requirements will be required, however, traditional error correction codes such as BCH, RS and Hamming code suffer from increased overhead in terms of coding redundancy and read latency as the number of errors corrected increases. In addition, the number of electrons stored in the memory cell is decreasing with each generation of flash memory resulting in reduced signal/noise requiring enhanced sensing techniques. Digital signal processing technology has been employed in the magnetic recording industry since the early 1990's when partial-response maximum-likelihood technology (PRML) was commercialized. DSP technology is now being deployed in 3-bit per cell and 4-bit per cell NAND flash memories and a concerted effort is being made by NAND flash manufacturers and a variety of startups to employ digital signal processing technology to improve the endurance and performance of next generation NAND flash memories and SSDs. Signal processing technology will be essential for the continued scaling of NAND flash memories. This research report examines the current state of ECC methods and explores the technology, roadmap, market, cost and competitive landscape in the flash signal processing space. | |
| 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. | |
| iSuppli | SSD Controllers Report In the 2nd half of 2008 iSuppli published a report called - SSD Controllers: Enhance SSD Future Growth. See also:- the SSD Controllers / IP directory here on storagesearch.com. | |
| Objective Analysis | Report on Intel's Motherboard SSD Strategy Editor:- September 1, 2009 - Objective Analysis has published a new 50 page report about the SSD market - Intel's Braidwood: Death to SSDs? - (price $5,000). Jim Handy, the report's author says "Although this isn't the first time that Intel has tried to bring NAND into the PC, the earlier Turbo Memory product failed for a number of reasons." PC purchasers who were considering an SSD upgrade will find NAND on the motherboard to be a cheaper alternative with nearly all the same benefits. The report projects how the move to NAND in PCs will boost the NAND market, soften the SSD and DRAM markets, and pose problems for those NAND makers who are not poised to produce ONFi NAND flash. | |
| TrendFocus | TRENDFOCUS Reports on SSDs LOS ALTOS, Calif. - July 9, 2008 - SSDs, long touted as an HDD replacement, are too costly today and have not yet posed a real threat to HDDs, according to a TrendFOCUS report - "FOCUS ON: Solid State Drives." According to the report (price $799) over 50 million HDDs could be replaced by SSDs within a few years. Two HDD market segments are exposed to future SSD incursion – enterprise and mobile PCs. SSDs in enterprise systems and servers achieve high IOPS at low power consumption. Due to the high displacement ratio of one SSD to multiple HDDs, a modest penetration of SSDs as forecasted may cause enterprise HDD growth to peak within four years. HDDs will not be completely displaced from enterprise systems as higher capacity, cheaper HDDs will still be needed. | |
| Web-Feet Research | New Update of Quarterly SSD Report Editor:- November 30, 2009 - Web-Feet Research today published a quarterly update to its annual report ($7,500 annually) on SSD Markets and Applications, (MS300SSD3-29). This update encompasses performance acceleration options in enterprise systems that include DRAM, PCIe attached, Flash plus DRAM, rack mount flash systems and SSDs. This report (available as a single report or part of the quarterly series subscription) explores where in the enterprise architecture these systems and devices can be deployed and the attributes and limitations of each. SSDs in client applications are examined in detail in 7 categories: Desktop, Nettop, Traditional Notebook, Ultra Low Power Notebook, Netbook, Smartbook, and Mobile Internet Device with forecasts and SSD adoption rates for each of these platforms. Also examined are SSD and HDD storage options for these platforms, with SSD and HDD pricing by capacity and forecasts by quarter to 4Q 2010 and by year to 2015. In addition, Web-Feet Research compiles aggregate SSD shipments and revenue by form factor and application markets covering 1Q 2009 to 3Q 2009. SSD supplier profiles are provided for vendors supplying products to the market place. | |
| 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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