Worldwide Solid State Drive Forecast Update, 2016–2020: December 2016
This IDC study presents an updated outlook at the solid state drive market through 2020. The SSD industry dynamics associated with 2016 and the end-device forecast changes are aggregated, analyzed, and applied to IDC's long-term SSD forecast in terms of units, revenue, and petabytes for each consumption category of SSDs (client, enterprise, and commercial)."SSDs are a key technology enabler in the digital transformation and will continue to become more ubiquitous across client and enterprise ecosystems," said Jeff Janukowicz, research vice president for Solid State Drives and Enabling Technologies. "SSD adoption is accelerating across all SSD market segments, leading to worldwide SSD revenue growing at a 2015–2020 CAGR of 14%."
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- IDC Market Forecast Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Market Forecast
- Client Segment Outlook
- SSDs in the PC Market
- SSDs in the Consumer Electronics Market
- SSD Forecast in the Client Market
- Enterprise Segment Outlook
- SSD Forecast in the Enterprise Segment
- Commercial Segment Outlook
- SSD Forecast in the Commercial Segment
- Market Context
- Drivers and Inhibitors
- Drivers
- Decline of NAND Flash Memory Costs
- Continued Adoption of SSD in the Client Market
- Increasing Use of Flash in Both Servers and Network-Based Enterprise Storage
- Inhibitors
- Cost of Competing Technologies
- Significant Market Developments
- Changes from Prior Forecast
- Market Definition
- Methodology
- Related Research
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