Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 STRIX Gaming OC review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming review
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X TRIO review
PALIT GeForce RTX 3060 DUAL OC review
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 AMP WHITE review
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact chassis review
Sabrent Rocket 4 PLUS 2TB NVMe SSD review
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO review
Guru3D Q1 Winter 20/21 PC Buyer Guide
AOC CU34G2X monitor review

New Downloads
GeForce 461.72 WHQL driver download
AIDA64 Download Version 6.32.5640 beta
CrystalDiskInfo 8.11.2 Download
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.2.3 driver download
GPU-Z Download v2.37.0
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: DCH27.20.100.9313
HWiNFO Download v6.43 - 4380 Beta
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.2.2 driver download
3DMark Download v2.17.7137 + Time Spy
PCMark 10 Download v.2.1.2508


New Forum Topics
3090 Owner's thread Review: ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 STRIX Gaming OC GeForce 461.72 WHQL drivers: download & discussion Any way to "Half-Refresh V-Sync" with AMD GPUs? Thanks! NVIDIA: Rainbow Six Siege Players Test NVIDIA Reflex and Two new DLSS Titles Cyberpunk 2077 postpones biggest patch v1.2 Review: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X TRIO NASA Perseverance rover 200 MHZ CPU costs $200K AMD to announce Radeon RX 6700 Series upcoming March 3rd NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated)




Guru3D.com » News » SSD shipments increased 300% over early 2012

SSD shipments increased 300% over early 2012

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2012 05:23 AM | source: | 20 comment(s)
SSD shipments increased 300% over early 2012

IHS iSuppli has issued a report on solid state disk shipments. The end conclusion is simple, the disappointing ultrabook shipments won't stop the success of SSD shipments in 2012. Shipments of SSDs are rising exponentially, they're anticipated to hit 17.5 million units in the current quarter, more than the first two quarters of the year combined. The current shipment forecast is lower than the prior one though, iSuppli previously anticipated 20 million SSDs would ship in the fourth quarter.


Although the near-term prospects for ultrabooks have dimmed significantly, the solid state drives (SSDs) employed by these next-generation notebooks and other products are so diversified in their uses and so compelling in their value proposition that their growth outlook has decreased only slightly.

SSD shipments in the first half of this year amounted to 12.9 million units, according to the IHS iSuppli Memory & Storage Service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). Shipments reached 10.5 million in the third quarter and will rise to 17.5 million units in the fourth, amounting to a total of 28.0 million units in the second half—more than double the total shipped during the first six months of the year, as shown in the figure below. This is down from the previous forecast of 13.0 million in the third quarter and 20.0 million in the fourth. 

The shipment numbers cover pure standalone SSDs—i.e., units with no hard disk drives (HDDs) associated with them—as well as when the drives are used with HDDs as separate cache SSD entities. These numbers cover all applications for SSDs, including the enterprise segment, ultrabooks and other so-called ultrathin computers. 

“Intel Corp. has not matched its ambitious goals for ultrabooks with the marketing needed to propel the platforms as a desirable, affordable alternative to conventional notebooks and tablets,” said Ryan Chien, analyst for memory and storage at IHS. “This has prompted IHS to lower its cache SSD shipment projection. However, pricing for SSDs has fallen well below the $1-per-gigabyte threshold, making their value proposition more attractive than ever. Because of this, SSDs are finding uses in other products, helping to compensate for the shortfall in ultrabooks.” 

Aggressive Long-term Outlook
IHS is maintaining an aggressive long-term outlook for SSDs due to NAND die shrinks, increasing utilization of TLC flash, and controllers with more advanced flash management techniques that are accelerating the cost curve. 

The second quarter of the year closed with 7.1 million SSDs being shipped for $1.5 billion in revenue.

And although cache SSDs undershot expectations, traditional SSDs—including those for the enterprise market—with their higher prices helped make up the revenue slack. By the second half of this decade, SSDs will be a de facto standard in non-budget notebook and desktop PCs, thanks to a mixture of lower prices, consumer education and an optimized software ecosystem. 

IHS projects the SSD industry will finish 2012 with $7.5 billion in revenue and 41.0 million in shipments, with compound annual growth rates of 35 percent and 69 percent, respectively.



SSD shipments increased 300% over early 2012
Tagged as: ssd




« EK-Supreme LTX CSQ waterblocks · SSD shipments increased 300% over early 2012 · Cooler Master Blizzard T2 and Hyper T4 CPU coolers »

4 pages 1 2 3 4


Mikedogg



Posts: 2844
Joined: 2011-11-01

#4429516 Posted on: 10/12/2012 07:37 AM
300%, eh. So does that mean we will see a 300% decrease on retail prices. :D


I can dream, can't I. :D

HeavyHemi
Senior Member



Posts: 6956
Joined: 2008-10-27

#4429565 Posted on: 10/12/2012 09:07 AM
I wish they would hurry up with the 1TB models for less than $1/GB.

hallryu
Don Altobello



Posts: 11386
Joined: 2007-07-29

#4429574 Posted on: 10/12/2012 09:30 AM
I need the 500GB models to come down in price for my games :thumbup:

Elder III
Senior Member



Posts: 3717
Joined: 2010-05-16

#4429897 Posted on: 10/12/2012 06:29 PM
They're cheap enough now that I have to restrain myself from grabbing one just for my Games alone. Maybe someday.... ;)

lucidus
Senior Member



Posts: 11825
Joined: 2011-12-31

#4429911 Posted on: 10/12/2012 06:53 PM
I'll be grabbing one next year! I hate the boot times of HDDs :P

4 pages 1 2 3 4


Post New Comment
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.


Guru3D.com © 2021