SSD Insights Q2/12: 3-bit per cell SSDs – A Gamechanger?

• Publication date: June 2012
• Report size: 36 pages

Although client SSDs have registered significant growth in the last few years, its penetration rate in notebook PCs is still less than 5%. High cost is the primary inhibitor to widespread adoption of SSDs as the main storage medium in PCs. As a consequence, PC OEMs have resorted to caching solutions as an economic way to improve system performance, however, the performance benefits still lag that of a pure SSD. Three-bit per cell (TLC) NAND ...

Although client SSDs have registered significant growth in the last few years, its penetration rate in notebook PCs is still less than 5%. High cost is the primary inhibitor to widespread adoption of SSDs as the main storage medium in PCs. As a consequence, PC OEMs have resorted to caching solutions as an economic way to improve system performance, however, the performance benefits still lag that of a pure SSD.
Three-bit per cell (TLC) NAND flash memory offers the promise of reduced cost compared to MLC NAND flash memory. To date, it has been mainly used in UFDs and flash memory cards due to concerns about reliability for embedded applications. However, with improved flash algorithms and advanced ECC techniques, could TLC SSDs be a catalyst for increased SSD adoption?

Portable Music Industry

Summary

Revisions

TLC SSD

Tablets

LCPC Units & GB
LCPC SSD Unit Breakdown
LCPC SSD Pricing
LCPC SSD Revenue Breakdown
LCPC SSD GB Breakdown

Notebook Units & GB
Notebook SSD Unit Breakdown
Notebook SSD Pricing
Notebook Revenue Breakdown
Notebook GB Breakdown
Ultra-thin Notebooks

PC Flash Cache/Hybrid Dual Drive SSDs

Hybrid Hard Drives

Channel Units & GB
Channel SSD Unit Breakdown
Channel SSD Pricing
Channel SSD Revenue Breakdown
Channel SSD GB Breakdown

Desktop Units & GB
Desktop SSD Unit Breakdown
Desktop SSD Pricing
Desktop SSD Revenue Breakdown
Desktop SSD GB Breakdown

Captive Datacenter SSD
Enterprise GB (Raw Capacity)
Enterprise Total
Server-attached (PCIe)
Server-attached (Boot)
Server-attached (IO SATA, SAS)
Storage-attached (FC, SAS, PCIe, SATA)