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SSD Insights Q3/11: Going Long on SSDs
Report No. FI-NFL-SSD-Q311, September 2011
With the advent of ultrabooks, SSDs have found a home in the PC space which exploits the thin and lightweight advantages of NAND flash memory and does away with the traditional 2.5” form factor borrowed from hard disk drives. However to achieve a thin, sleek design, unibody designs and Li poly batteries in addition to SSDs are required driving up the BOM cost and making it difficult for the first ultrabooks to reach a sub-$1,000 price target.
Some initial implementations of ultrabooks will incorporate a small capacity SSD coupled with a HDD to bring down the price point. These flash cache/hybrid dual drive SSDs are also expected to penetrate mainstream notebooks and desktop PCs.
Our latest report provides a forecast for the adoption of PC flash cache/hybrid dual drive SSDs in mainstream notebooks, ultrabooks and desktop PCs.
Contents:
Industry Status
Q3/11 vs. Q2/11 Forecast
Ultrabooks/Ultra-thin Notebooks
PC Flash Cache/Hybrid Dual Drive SSDs
SSD Forecast
Revenues
Units
Capacity
Pricing
Summary
Captive End User Assembled Enterprise SSD
Tablets
LCPC Units & GB
LCPC SSD Unit Breakdown
LCPC SSD Pricing
LCPC SSD Revenue Breakdown
LCPC SSD GB Breakdown
Notebook Units & GB
Notebook SSD Unit Breakdown
Notebook SSD Pricing
Notebook Revenue Breakdown
Notebook GB Breakdown
Ultra-thin Notebooks
PC Flash Cache/Hybrid Dual Drive SSDs
Channel Units & GB
Channel SSD Unit Breakdown
Channel SSD Pricing
Channel SSD Revenue Breakdown
Channel SSD GB Breakdown
Desktop Units & GB
Desktop SSD Unit Breakdown
Desktop SSD Pricing
Desktop SSD Revenue Breakdown
Desktop SSD GB Breakdown
Enterprise Total
Server-attached (PCIe)
Server-attached (Boot)
Server-attached (IO SATA, SAS)
Storage-attached (FC, SAS, PCIe, SATA)
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