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For the first 20-30 years the SSD market was considered too small to merit regular analyst attention. Now as we enter the 4th decade of the SSD market the number of high quality specialist SSD market analyst companies is rapidly heading into double digits.

This SSD analyst page will help you find them and quickly decide if they are doing the sort of thing you need to know more about. Like all our directory pages - it's updated in real-time. Analysts who think they should be added should contact the publisher by email.
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ACSL - (publisher of storagesearch.com) New Edition - the Top 10 SSD OEMs

Editor:- October 6, 2008 - STORAGEsearch.com today published the 6th quarterly edition of - "the Top 10 SSD OEMs."

It includes rankings for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. If you're looking to partner with an SSD company - either as a buyer - or as a vendor - this is the "must see" series of articles based on the world's biggest and highest quality SSD focus group. ...read the article
Forward Insights SSDs - a Closer Look

October 2008 - Forward Insights published a new report (price $4,999) - Solid State Drives: A Closer Look.

In its first comprehensive report on solid state drives, Forward Insights predicts that SSDs based on 3-bit per cell NAND flash technology will be introduced in 2011.

The report provides a detailed overview of the technology, architecture and reliability of SSDs as well as techniques for improving the performance and endurance of SSDs.
IDC IDC Publishes New SSD Market Report

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - June 24, 2008 - IDC has published a 42 page market report - "Worldwide SSD 2007-2012 Forecast and Analysis" (price $4,500).

IDC says the SSD market generated nearly $400 million in revenues in 2007 and will grow at a 70% CAGR until 2012.
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 iSuppli Says Flash Prices Are Dropping Below Costs

Editor:- February 20, 2008 - iSuppli Corp. is cutting its outlook for global NAND flash revenue growth in 2008 to the single digit percentage range, down from their previous outlook of a 27% rise.

In an early warning sign of consumer weakness, Apple has slashed its 2008 NAND order forecast significantly and has informed suppliers that its demand growth will slow in 2008 compared to 2007, according to iSuppli sources. This is expected to have a huge impact on the NAND market. With its extremely popular flash-memory based iPods, Apple was the world's 3rd largest OEM buyer of NAND flash memory in 2007.

On the supply side, slower NAND demand will have a major impact on suppliers' financial results. Capital spending on NAND production will rise by more than 20% this year, ensuring easy availability of parts. This will cause prices to decrease. iSuppli believes that NAND prices already are below suppliers' fully loaded costs.
Objective Analysis SSDs in the Enterprise - New Market Report

Los Gatos, CA - August 18, 2008 - Objective Analysis has published a new report (price $5,000) called - "Solid State Drives in the Enterprise".

The 60-page report not only explains why and how flash SSDs are gaining traction in the enterprise server market, but is backed up with detailed unit shipment forecasts for SSDs into each of the major enterprise markets.

This study exhaustively examines several enterprise server applications and explains the appeal of SSDs in each. The report contains a compilation of opinions on enterprise SSDs that Objective Analysis has learned from interviews with numerous server manufacturers and users. Some findings from the report:-
  • The market for enterprise SSDs will grow by 2 orders of magnitude to over 1.7 million units in 2013.
  • Enterprise SSD revenues will grow at a 65% average annual rate to exceed $1 billion by 2013.
  • A significant portion of this growth will be driven by a steep price decline in the SSD market driven by NAND price declines. The enterprise HDD market will shrink faster than the enterprise SSD market will grow as SSDs replace HDDs at a 10:1 ratio.
Readers will gain a solid understanding of enterprise SSD technology and the existing alternatives, and will learn why many applications can benefit from a switch from hard disk drives to SSDs. 9 tables deliver key metrics and detailed forecasts through 2013; 18 figures help to explain how the technology works, and to outline the workings of the market.
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 Web-Feet Research Launches Inaugural Quarterly SSD Report

Monterey, CA - April 7, 2008 - Web-Feet Research, Inc. announces the availability of the SSD Markets and Applications Quarterly Series for 1Q 2008.

This is the inaugural edition of the quarterly update series for this annual report. Due to the changing nature of the Solid State Storage market, and in keeping with Web-Feet Research' mission to keep our clients informed with forward looking industry specific information, we are excited to provide this valuable quarterly series.

The Quarterly Series (price $9,000) provides an in-depth analysis of the market and applications for Solid State Storage, including competing and complementing technologies.

Overall SSD revenue growth is expected to reach $11.7 billion in 2012. SSD unit and revenue growth will be driven heavily by low cost PCs from OLPC, Asus's Eee PC, Intel's Classmate and others along with the rapid adoption of SSDs in notebook PCs. MLC technology for SSDs will eventually be adopted as the standard design-in for these platforms due to MLC technologies' better value proposition. Enterprise unit and revenue growth will continue to be healthy as SSD unit prices continue to decline over the forecast period. SSD revenue growth is expected to be 34.4% year over year.

Although SSD adoption and growth is healthy in enterprise applications, its total contribution compared to the overall HDD enterprise storage continues to be a fraction of the total storage market for the forecast period.
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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