Discussion of when Solid State Drives will impact the market for Hard Disc Drives
Goal is to analyze when the old rotary motion drive manufacturers lose to solid state drives. There may always be a
need for rotary motion drives for the larger storage applications. But the manufacturers will be hurting at some point.
Read the book: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business By
Clayton M. Christensen
The book tells you about how each time the standard size of disc drives changed, a new manufacturer tended to take
the lead away from the earlier manufacturers. This is a powerful example of how the economy is driven forward by what
economist Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction," the emergence of new companies and the decline of old
ones. But if your company is willing to compete with its own products, then you can stay alive. This is one of the things
that Intel prides itself in doing.
The message here is that it is highly unlikely for a mechanical disc drive maker to switch over to making solid state
drives simply because the technology is so different and the competition already has a head start.
"Flash memory on average performs at twice the speed of a mechanical hard drive and consumes about half the power,
Intel claimed in March of 2007. Traditional hard drives also have a higher chance of breaking because they contain
moving parts, and can make noise when spinning."
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2185212/intel-targets-low-cost
Flash memory also offers faster data transfer rates, so the notebook reduces system boot times by 34 per cent and
overall system performance by 23 per cent.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2188489/dell-moves-solid-stated-hard
Here is a hybrid drive or is it simply a hybrid of a SSD and a rotary disc?
http://www.dynamism.com/everun/specs.shtml
asd
Compare SSD as of July16, 2007:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027098
Not as dramatic as one would have hoped.
The SanDisk 8 GB Video HD card will be available March 2008 at the MSRP of $139.99 whereas the Panasonic 32 GB
SDHC card does not have a pricing or release date yet.
Solid State Drives Ridata
Solid State Drives SanDisc
Solid State Drives Toshiba
Solid State Drives Super Talent
BitMicro
Mtron
Lexar
Transcend
Simple Technology
Ridata
Samsung
Update at end of November 2007: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825675-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs
Goal is to analyze when the old rotary motion drive manufacturers lose to solid state drives. There may always be a
need for rotary motion drives for the larger storage applications. But the manufacturers will be hurting at some point.
Read the book: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business By
Clayton M. Christensen
The book tells you about how each time the standard size of disc drives changed, a new manufacturer tended to take
the lead away from the earlier manufacturers. This is a powerful example of how the economy is driven forward by what
economist Joseph Schumpeter called "creative destruction," the emergence of new companies and the decline of old
ones. But if your company is willing to compete with its own products, then you can stay alive. This is one of the things
that Intel prides itself in doing.
The message here is that it is highly unlikely for a mechanical disc drive maker to switch over to making solid state
drives simply because the technology is so different and the competition already has a head start.
"Flash memory on average performs at twice the speed of a mechanical hard drive and consumes about half the power,
Intel claimed in March of 2007. Traditional hard drives also have a higher chance of breaking because they contain
moving parts, and can make noise when spinning."
www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2185212/intel-targets-low-cost
Flash memory also offers faster data transfer rates, so the notebook reduces system boot times by 34 per cent and
overall system performance by 23 per cent.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2188489/dell-moves-solid-stated-hard
Here is a hybrid drive or is it simply a hybrid of a SSD and a rotary disc?
http://www.dynamism.com/everun/specs.shtml
asd
Compare SSD as of July16, 2007:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9027098
Not as dramatic as one would have hoped.
The SanDisk 8 GB Video HD card will be available March 2008 at the MSRP of $139.99 whereas the Panasonic 32 GB
SDHC card does not have a pricing or release date yet.
Solid State Drives Ridata
Solid State Drives SanDisc
Solid State Drives Toshiba
Solid State Drives Super Talent
BitMicro
Mtron
Lexar
Transcend
Simple Technology
Ridata
Samsung
Update at end of November 2007: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825675-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs
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