Outlook for Adoption of Hybrid-HDD or NAND in PCs: Industry Report

Outlook for Adoption of Hybrid-HDD or NAND in PCs

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: January 2007
Product Code: R104-29265

Description

This IDC Insight provides an initial forecast for attach rates through 2010 for two competing nonvolatile PC hardware caching technologies: hybrid hard disk drives (H-HDDs) and alternative embedded NAND solutions in the PC. Underlying assumptions and dynamics impacting IDC's forecast are outlined, including the potential incursion of flash-based solid state disks (SSDs) as a mass storage device in PCs in the latter portion of the forecast period.

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IDC Opinion

In This Insight

Methodology

Situation Overview

Summary of Purported NAND Caching Benefits

Technology Advantages ? Splitting Hairs

NAND Caching Requires Operating System Support

Vista Adoption Faster in Commercial or Consumer Portable PCs?

Table: Worldwide Portable PC Shipments with Vista by Market, 2007-2010 (000)

Rate of Adoption ? Past PC Technologies

Figure: Worldwide Rate of Adoption of Past PC Technologies by Year

Table: Worldwide Average Adoption Rate for PC Technology by Year (%)

Development Status of NAND Cache Solutions

Future Outlook

Forecast for Attach Rates

Table: Worldwide Attach Rate by Year of NAND Caching Solutions with Vista-Equipped Portable PCs, 2007-2010 (%)

Figure: Worldwide NAND Cache Share of All Portable PCs Shipped Versus Historical PC Technology Adoption Rates, 2007?2010

H-HDD and Embedded NAND Accelerators and Inhibitors

Indecisiveness Describes PC Industry Participants Behavior in Choosing a NAND Caching Technology

Production Flexibility and Inventory Management Could Favor NAND on the Motherboard

HDD Industry Support for H-HDDs

Control of the PC Platform, Control of Storage on the PC

Just Enough NAND to Be Competitive

Solid State Disks

Table: Worldwide PC Shipment Share by Storage Device Type, 2007-2010 (%)

Final Thoughts

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