Demand for SSDs in PCs gonna boom through 2017

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/08/2013 11:49 AM | source: | 19 comment(s)

Global shipments of solid state drives (SSD) in PCs are set to rise by a factor of seven by 2017, allowing them to claim more than one-third of the market for PC storage solutions by that time, IHS iSuppli said in its new report. SSD shipments in PCs will rise to 227 million units in 2017, up more than 600% from 31 million in 2012, IHS predicted. Meanwhile, shipments of PC hard disk drives (HDD) will decline to 410 million in 2017, down 14% from 475 million in 2012.

The divergent outlook for the two products will allow SSDs to climb and claim 36% of the PC storage market in 2017, up from just 6% in 2012, IHS said. At the same time, HDDs will see their long-term dominance in PCs erode, with their share falling to 64% in 2017, down from a commanding 94% in 2012.

For SSDs, the major factors driving growth in 2013 will be ultrabooks and other ultrathin notebook PCs, especially as Intel's upcoming Haswell processors bring about a robust combination of performance and efficiency for the superthin computers, said Fang Zhang, analyst for storage systems at IHS, in a statement. "In the coming years, ultrabooks and ultrathins - combined with appealing touch-screen displays and convertible form factors - are likely to become more compelling as the machines attempt to lure consumers away from smartphones and tablets, boosting demand for SSDs used in these systems," Zhang continued.

The SSD space includes the cache SSD segment where NAND flash is used alongside a HDD, as well as a separate segment in which NAND flash is embedded on top of an HDD in an integrated, hybrid form factor.

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Speed Weed
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#4592465 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:02 PM

Even I can afford a 256Gb SSD now.

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#4592479 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:21 PM

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#4592494 Posted on: 05/08/2013 12:57 PM

Soon...soon a 512GB SSD will be a reasonable purchase. Probably another two years for it to drop to $200. For now, I can drag it out on the 256GB SSD.

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#4592495 Posted on: 05/08/2013 01:00 PM

They're awesome, I'd love to have one as my boot drive in my next PC!

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#4592503 Posted on: 05/08/2013 01:20 PM

Best upgrade i ever did. Can´t imagine going back to a hdd as boot drive. Now i want ssd storage drives at friendly prices.

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#4592507 Posted on: 05/08/2013 01:30 PM

The problem with SSDs is that, while they're terrific for installing Windows onto and they're getting better value all the time thanks to price drops, the ever-increasing size of media files and games means that they're still not ideally suited for data storage or game installations. Hard drives offer far better value for money and SSDs will have a hard job competing against the massive storage they offer and their comparatively lower prices. I have a 256 GB SSD plus 4.5 TB of hard drive storage, including two backup drives. That would cost me a fortune if I replaced them with SSDs.

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#4592559 Posted on: 05/08/2013 03:12 PM

SSD's don't replace HDD's, at least in the current form, they compliment each other. SSD's are great for OS and main programs (basically what you put on it depends on the size) and HDD's are great for storage of music, documents, and media where speed isn't so much of an issue.

The unfortunate thing is the standard documents folder is on C drive by default, meaning people choke their SSD's with music and video's. This may mean that future programs are installed on the slower HDD. Most people would just go, 'ooh, 2TB (or whatever) space, I'll chuck all my programs on there'.

Heh only something Windows has a problem with. With Linux it's pretty easy to just symlink your media to another drive.

I recently got a 64GB SSD, and I was considering dual booting with Windows on it. I decided against it once I realized that I'd have lost about 1/5 of the entire drive JUST for the OS, an OS that I barely use. That isn't acceptable to me. If MS really wants to target mobile platforms and make SSDs a more considerable thing to buy, they really need to tone down the bloat. Windows 8 was supposed to but it just ended up having less features than 7 while still being as disk and RAM hungry as 7. There's a reason why XP shipped with netbooks for such a long time.

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#4592631 Posted on: 05/08/2013 06:03 PM

Heh only something Windows has a problem with. With Linux it's pretty easy to just symlink your media to another drive.

Nah. You can do something similar in Windows. Not very hard. Right click such a special folder (My Documents, etc.) and tell Windows to move it to another drive (by selecting the Location tab in Properties). It will transfer the folder and its files to the specified drive and software will use that location from then on. I've done so myself. Works fine in W7.

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#4592673 Posted on: 05/08/2013 07:15 PM

I have SSD in 2 laptops and most PCs in my company. (64-256GB).
One of the best upgrades i made in couple of years.

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#4592682 Posted on: 05/08/2013 07:31 PM

Its coming much sooner imo.
Take a look at the Crucial M500, 960GB for under £500.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/review_crucial_m500_960gb_ssd/
Only 52p per GB (not 48p as claimed in the article though).

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Ah, at the end of the article they state the price as £466, so it is 48p/GB.

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#4592684 Posted on: 05/08/2013 07:36 PM

awesome SSD's are the best upgrade for a PC I use 5 SSD's in my main PC and a 1tb USB3 drive for backups and photos ( I also use microsoft cloud for photo backup)

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#4592686 Posted on: 05/08/2013 07:42 PM

Its coming much sooner imo.
Take a look at the Crucial M500, 960GB for under £500.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/review_crucial_m500_960gb_ssd/
Only 52p per GB (not 48p as claimed in the article though).

Yeah, its coming. You can currently get an M500 960 GB (when in stock) at Newegg for right around $600, which isn't a bad price honestly.

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#4592766 Posted on: 05/08/2013 09:37 PM

Yeah, its coming. You can currently get an M500 960 GB (when in stock) at Newegg for right around $600, which isn't a bad price honestly.

960GB i wouldn't need HDD at all

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#4592768 Posted on: 05/08/2013 09:38 PM

gonna be earlier than 2017 imo

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#4592866 Posted on: 05/08/2013 11:30 PM

I remmber when i first booted up on new SSD, speed incrase was unbelievable something like when we jumped to the dual core cpus.
It is really ground breaking technology for laptops especially.

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