Laptop SSD carrying rate will be 30% and challenge to 40% this year

Using TLC specifications NAND Flash solid-state drives (SSD) technology mature and stable, combined with the traditional hard disk drive (HDD) suppliers in order to enhance profitability and continue to raise prices, by the end of 2016, 128 gb SSD will cost less than 500 gb HDD, TrendForce DRAMeXchange storage research brand DRAMeXchange (global semiconductor) forecast, this year laptop SSD carrying rate will be above 30% level at a stroke, or even challenge the threshold of 40% in the fourth quarter.

In 2016, the capacity of season 2 mainstream user level (PC - Client) OEM SSD price contract, the decline of SSD season MLC NAND Flash specifications for 6 ~ 10%, with TLC specification NAND Flash SSDS is 4 ~ 11% drop.May turn in third quarter overall NAND Flash market supply and demand balanced, SSD suppliers mainly in capacity to the pressure loss and profit considerations, the contract price will fall season 2 convergence.

DRAMeXchange Chen Jiewei said senior research manager, from the traditional hard disk vendors in order to enhance profitability and continue to raise prices, by the end of 2016, 128 gb SSD will cost less than 500 gb HDD, and 256 gb SSD with 1 TB HDD price will be lower than $5, further that the price is more attractive, SSD forecast this year laptop SSD carrying rate will be above 30% level at a stroke, or even challenge by 40% in the fourth quarter.

Influenced by working days to reduce with the traditional low season, season 1 notebook computer by a recession, laptop SSD shipments quarter decline by about 8%, while market SSD pathways by NAND Flash under the supply and price war among firms increase, season 1 grown by about 7%.2016 season 1 laptop SSD carrying rate of about 28 ~ 29%, SSD applied pathways market shipments, the overall user level SSD shipments for 22.6 million, better than expected.

Chen Jiewei said working days to recover in the second quarter and the traditional hard drive prices driven by positive factors such as whether OEM or access market, SSD shipments will continue to rise.From the NAND Flash industry user level observation, SSD product schedule of suppliers such as samsung's campaign sandisk, lite-on, SK hynix and Toshiba, etc., since the second quarter this year 15/16 nano TLC SSD quarter by quarter in shipping volumes, will help to get rid of the past only in MLC SSD product specifications with samsung SSD for the plight of the TLC specifications.

At present, as for the development of 3 d SSD in addition to the samsung's 3 d - NAND SSD has production, expected micron and Intel's fastest quantity of output is samsung ranks the suppliers of goods, while other competitors the fastest also want to wait until the first half of 2017.2016 SSD market mainstream process will still give priority to with 15/16 nm, but the overall TLC proportion of SSD shipments will exceed MLC specifications of SSD has become the mainstream market.