Netputing » Non-volatile memory http://netputing.com Puting up with the Net Tue, 15 May 2012 22:52:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Report: Price Hikes Killing SSD Sales for Laptops – PC World http://netputing.com/2009/07/09/report-price-hikes-killing-ssd-sales-for-laptops-pc-world/ http://netputing.com/2009/07/09/report-price-hikes-killing-ssd-sales-for-laptops-pc-world/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:50:01 +0000 admin http://netputing.com/?p=189 Surging prices for NAND flash memory have hurt what was a promising market for solid-state disk (SSD) drives in laptops this year, according to market research by iSupply Corp.

In a report on whether rising flash component prices are curbing SSD adoption, iSuppli said the price of a 16Gbit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chip rose [...]]]> Surging prices for NAND flash memory have hurt what was a promising market for solid-state disk (SSD) drives in laptops this year, according to market research by iSupply Corp.

In a report on whether rising flash component prices are curbing SSD adoption, iSuppli said the price of a 16Gbit multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory chip rose to $4.10 in the second quarter of this year, representing a $1.80 (or 127%) price increase from the final quarter of 2008.

About this time last year, MLC flash memory — the type used in consumer SSD drives — was at the bottom of a pricing trough and chips were selling for about $2.60. According to In-Stat, up until the beginning of this year, SSD prices had been dropping 60% year over year. The price plummet, however, hurt chip manufacturers’ profits.

According to Michael Yang, senior analyst for mobile and emerging memories at iSuppli, in order to return to profitability, NAND flash suppliers in 2008 cut capacity to reflect weak market demand. This caused prices to rise even as sales continued to be weak.

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]]> http://netputing.com/2009/07/09/report-price-hikes-killing-ssd-sales-for-laptops-pc-world/feed/ 0 Intel to begin to release game changing SSDs in two weeks | 9 to 5 Mac http://netputing.com/2009/06/26/intel-to-begin-to-release-game-changing-ssds-in-two-weeks-9-to-5-mac/ http://netputing.com/2009/06/26/intel-to-begin-to-release-game-changing-ssds-in-two-weeks-9-to-5-mac/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:31:27 +0000 admin http://netputing.com/?p=111 The Inquirer reports that Intel is set to release a new round of SSDs which might bring hard drive replacements into the hands of many more laptop owners.

We’ve been told that with these new 34nm NAND SSDs, users can expect higher performance, higher capacities, and most importantly, lower prices.  Amongst the 34nm offerings hot off [...]]]> The Inquirer reports that Intel is set to release a new round of SSDs which might bring hard drive replacements into the hands of many more laptop owners.

We’ve been told that with these new 34nm NAND SSDs, users can expect higher performance, higher capacities, and most importantly, lower prices.  Amongst the 34nm offerings hot off the production line will be a 320GB drive, plus 160GB and 80GB capacities too. But there very well could be more. Our sources tell us there will be drives big enough to replace the HDDs in most, if not all laptops.

That is a pretty bold statement, especially with retail 500GB laptop hard drives falling significantly below the $100 price point. Currently, the best retail SSD price/GB ratio of SSDs has been $227/128GB.  That is a lot of space and a lot of $ difference.

Intel to begin to release game changing SSDs in two weeks | 9 to 5 Mac.

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