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Solid State Drives Will Find A Home: IDC |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 13 August 2007 |
Solid state drives (SSDs) are
poised to go mainstream as advances in solid state memory technology and
dipping price points drive adoption says a new report from IDC.
The research
argues that performance and mobility-related requirements will propel
the technology to US$5.4 billion in revenues by the year 2011. That's a
healthy 71% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)over theUS$373 million sold last year.
It sees the solid state disks as complementary to traditional hard
drives, particularly
in areas not well served by hard disk drives (HDDs). This it sees as
the PC market in contrast to the server market or other mobile devices.
IDC says that Enterprise solutions
focused on high I/O performance, as well as extremely hostile work
environments, will continue to be ripe opportunities for SSD adoption.
"For many years SSDs have sat on the fringe of the digital universe,
but a tremendous opportunity is ahead for SSD storage," said Jeff
Janukowicz, research manager, Solid State Drives. "Today, SSDs are about
delivering a premium solution. In the future, SSDs will be about delivering the
right solution to the right market as technology advances and requirements
converge."
The PC market is transitioning to notebook PCs with an emphasis on
mobility and durability - requirements that align very
well with memory drives which have higher performance, lower power
requirements and are potentially more robust that than spinning disk
drives. The rapid decline in
the cost of NAND flash memory will translate into lower price points
and coupled with increased capacities, will make them
competitive with HDDs in certain market segments, especially where
capacity
requirements are minimal.
SSD OEMs will need
to address concerns regarding read/write limitations and any associated
reliability issues,
especially for enterprise customers.
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