Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Objective Analysis
Published: September 2007
Product Code: R3518-1Description SSDs are poised to disrupt the hard disk drive market. Is this likely to happen? What will drive SSDs into acceptance? What will hinder their deployment? What is the impact to the NAND and the HDD markets? This study covers the SSD market in depth, covering all players in great detail, and thoroughly evaluating end markets and market motivators. This study’s rigorous approach clarifies key points and success factors to help readers understand the opportunities as well as the pitfalls that await all participants.
The 110-page study is based upon exhaustive interviews with buyers and sellers of SSDs, as well as their suppliers and other key players in the market. This report covers all sides of the SSD equation including important market drivers and cost analysis history and projections, along with information from makers of HDDs about their plans to counter any market share loss threatened by the advent of the SSD. It looks into every aspect of the SSD market - market sizing, PC vs Industrial/Military markets, forecasts by application, company-by-company competitive analysis, Key user surveys, etc.
There is no study even like it in the market today.Table of Contents - Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The “Enormous Sponge”
- What is Included in the Term: “SSD”?
- One New Competitor per Week
- SSD Controller Chips
- SSDs vs. HDDs
- What’s Driving the Move to SSD?
- “Instant On”
- Higher Speed
- More Rugged
- Reduced Power
- Blowing out the Dust
- Other SSD Advantages
- HDDs’ Undeserved Reputation
- Cost Issues
- The Role of “Floor Price” in This Market
- Final Tally: SSD vs. HDD
- Sustained Read Rate
- Random Read Rate
- Sustained Write Rate
- Random Write Rate
- 80/20 Read/Write Performance
- Average File Access Time
- Read Latency
- Active Power Consumption
- Idle Power Consumption
- Standby Power Consumption
- MobileMark
- Hibernate Resume
- Weight
- Shock
- Vibration
- Capacity
- Operating Temperature
- Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF)
- Acoustic Noise
- Price
- Price per Gigabyte
- Putting it Together
- How Much is Too Much?
- Embedded Applications will Migrate to SSDs
- The Role of TCO
- Wear Issues
- Wear Leveling
- Bad Block Management
- Just How Long Will a Drive Last?
- MLC vs. SLC
- SSD Markets
- Industrial
- Process Control
- Test & Measurement
- Financial & POS
- Military/Aerospace
- Overall Mil/Aero Forecast
- C3
- Navigation
- Weapons Systems
- Servers on Commercial Aircraft
- Combat Vehicles
- Data Processing
- PCs
- Desktop
- Notebook
- Ultra-Portable
- Servers
- SAN & NAS
- Communications
- Routers & Switches
- Cellular Base Stations
- Consumer
- Set Top Box
- Media Server
- Combined Forecast
- SSD Vendor Profiles
- SanDisk
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Samsung
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- STEC
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Adtron
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- SMART Modular
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Mtron
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- SilconSystems
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Intel
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- BiTMICRO Networks
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Targa Systems
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Apacer
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Transcend Information
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Power Quotient International (PQI)
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Super Talent Technology
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Advanced Media/Ritek
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Hagiwara Sys-Com
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Delkin Devices, Inc.
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Solid Data Systems
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Texas Memory Systems
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Solid Access Technologies
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Attorn
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Imperial Technology
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Gigabyte Technology
- Overview
- Products
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Outlook
- Technical Issues
- Non-NAND SSDs
- DRAM-Based SSDs
- NOR-Based SSDs
- Markets for these Products
- Impact on NAND-Based SSDs
- Special Features for Important Niches
- High Speed
- Low Power
- Military
- Special Reliability Requirements
- Other
- SSD Interface Standards
- IDE or PATA
- SATA
- SCSI
- USB
- Fibre Channel
- A New Challenge for NAND Makers
- Market Impact
- SSDs’ Impact on the HDD Market
- Impact of NAND Cache on the Adoption of SSDs
- Forecasts for HDD vs. SSD in PCs
- High Acceptance Model
- Low Acceptance Model
- Most Likely Scenario
- Impact on NAND Sales - Still a Fantastic Sponge
- Methodology
- Figures
- Tables
- Author
- Jim Handy
- FIGURES
- Figure 1. Flash Consumption as a Factor of SSD Acceptance
- Figure 2. Even Modest Adoption of SSDs Strongly Impacts Demand for NAND Flash
- Figure 3. Example DiskOnModule
- Figure 4. STEC USB Flash Disk Module
- Figure 5. Power-Up Sequence of a Typical PC
- Figure 6. The Declining Price Trend of the Average PC
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