SSD Story: Slow on the Uptake

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Why are NAND Makers Pushing SSDs So Hard?
• The Role of Pricing in the SSD Debate
• Four Kinds of Systems With Four Dramatically Different Needs
  • The Mini-Note
  • Mobile PCs (UMPCs and Notebooks)
  • Desktop PCs
  • Enterprise Servers
• Comparing HDDs with SSDs
• SSD Technology
• SSDs' Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Strengths
    • Durability
    • Low Power
    • Speed
    • Special Functions
    • Low Noise
    • Low Weight
  • Other than Price, What are SSDs' Weaknesses?
• Key Players: Company Profiles
  • Samsung
  • SanDisk
  • Intel
  • Micron Technology
  • BitMICRO
  • STEC
  • SMART Modular/Adtron
  • SiliconSystems
  • Others
• Conclusion: How Big is the SSD Market?
• Methodology
• Glossary
• Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

• Table 1. HDD and SSD Costs for Increasing Capacities, 2008
• Table 2. HDD vs. SSD Cost Crossover Points Over Time, 2008 - 2013
• Table 3. Forecast for SSDs in Mini-Notes, 2007 - 2013 (Units and Revenue in Millions)
• Table 4. SSD Shipments into Mobile PCs, 2007 - 2013 (Units and Revenue in Millions)
• Table 5. SSD Acceptance in Desktop PCs, 2007 - 2013 (Units and Revenue in Millions)
• Table 6. Enterprise SSD and Enterprise HDD Forecasts, 2007 - 2013 (Units and Revenue in Millions)
• Table 7. Simple Comparison of HDD and SSD Features
• Table 8. SSD Unit Shipments by Computer Type, 2007 - 2013 (Millions)
• Table 9. SSD Revenues by Computer Type, 2007 - 2013 (US$ in Millions)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Revenue of Solid State Drives (SSDs) by Computer Type, 2007 - 2013 (US$ in Millions)
• Figure 2. SanDisk Price per Gigabyte Trend
• Figure 3. The Earliest Possible SSD/HDD Price per Gigabyte Crossover Would be 2015
• Figure 4. Conceptual Diagram of HDD, DRAM, and NAND - $/GB
• Figure 5. SSD is More Economical Than HDD at Very Low Capacities
• Figure 6. Capacity at Which HDD Becomes More Economical Than SSD
• Figure 7. Block Diagram of Typical SSD
• Figure 8. Block Diagram of a Typical Enterprise SSD
• Figure 9. SSD Unit Shipments by Computer Type (Units in Millions)
• Figure 10. SSD Revenues by Computer Type, 2007 - 2013 (US$ in Millions)