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Learn About the Solid State Drives Market(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 6 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Components and Semiconductors industry is available in its catalogue. Solid State Drives: A Closer Look http://www.reportlinker.com/p095634/Solid-State-Drives-A-Closer-Look.html Solid State Drives: A Closer Look provides a detailed overview of the technology, architecture and reliability of SSDs as well as techniques for improving the performance and endurance of SSDs. The report also describes measures to increase the endurance of NAND flash on the device level such as in the ultra high endurance server-grade NAND flash from Samsung. Currently, there is a wide range of SSD performance and quality from various suppliers. An overview of SSD-related patents reveals which companies may have a long-term competitive advantage in this nascent market. The report also includes a comparison of SSDs in the enterprise, low cost mobile notebook PC, notebook PC and desktop PC segments as well as a workload analysis of applications in the enterprise space. Detailed revenue, unit and price forecasts are provided for all segments. Contents List of Figures List of Tables Executive Summary Introduction NAND Flash Memory Overview NAND Flash Concept Technology Evolution NAND Flash Architecture NAND Flash Density Trend Page Size Trend Block Size Trend Read Time Program Time Endurance Retention Solid State Drives What is a solid state drive? The Memory Hierarchy SSD Overview SSD Architecture Controller Flash Translation Layer Mapping Schemes Bad Block Management Wear-leveling Garbage Collection Error Correction Interleaving Power Loss Protection Techniques for Improving SSD Performance/Endurance Caching Flash File System Optimization Parallelism Flash Bus Width Over-provisioning Improved NAND Flash Memory Re-mapping of Drive Block Alternative SSD Architectures Chameleon Hybrid SSD HyperLink NAND SSD Reliability Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Endurance Program Disturb Read Disturb Data Retention Bit Error Rate SMART SSD vs. HDD Enterprise Applications PC Applications Low Cost Mobile PC Applications Price / GB SSD Landscape Chronology Vendor Landscape Standards IDEMA JEDEC Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification (NVMHCI) SNIA SSD Initiative SSD Alliance Technical Committee T13 AT Attachment Patent Overview Seagate vs. STEC Computing Market and Applications Enterprise Market Transaction Processing Video Server High Performance Computing Internet/Network Server Application Workload Characteristics Server-attached vs. Storage-attached SSDs Enterprise SSD Forecast Low Cost Mobile PC Market Notebook PC Market Desktop PC Market Computing SSD Market References About the Author About Forward Insights Services Contact List of Figures Figure 1. NAND Flash Cell Programming Figure 2. Multi-level Storage in NAND Flash Figure 3. NAND Flash Cell Reading Figure 4. NAND Flash Cell Erase Figure 5. NAND Cell String Figure 6. NAND Cell String Figure 7. NAND Flash Technology Evolution Figure 8. NAND Flash Memory Gap Fill Figure 9. Electrons Stored on the Floating Gate Figure 10. Samsung 32Gb CTF Memory Figure 11. NAND Flash Memory Architecture Figure 12. 8Gb NAND Flash Memory Organization Figure 13. NAND Flash Memory Density Trend Figure 14. NAND Flash Memory Chip Size Trend Figure 15. NAND Flash Page Size Trend Figure 16. NAND Flash Block Size Trend Figure 17. NAND Flash Random Access Time Figure 18. NAND Flash Read Performance Trend Figure 19. NAND Flash Program Time Figure 20. NAND Flash Write Performance Trend Figure 21. NAND Flash Endurance Trend Figure 22. NAND Flash Endurance Trend at 70nm Technology Figure 23. NAND Flash Endurance Trend at 3xnm Technology Figure 24. Memory Hierarchy Figure 25. NAND Flash vs. DRAM Process Technology Figure 26. Major Components of SSD and HDD Figure 27. 128GB MLC SSD vs. 128GB SLC SSD Bill of Materials Figure 28. NAND Flash as a % of Bill of Material Figure 29. SSD Architecture Figure 30. Two-channel, Four-way Interleaving Figure 31. Software Architecture Figure 32. SSD Controller Functional Block Diagram Figure 33. HDD vs. SSD Address Mapping Figure 34. Flash Translation Layer Figure 35. Page Mapping Figure 36. Block Mapping Figure 37. Hybrid Mapping Figure 38. Wear-leveling Figure 39. Garbage Collection Figure 40. SSD Operating Current Figure 41. MTron PATA SSD Functional Block Diagram Figure 42. High Speed NAND Figure 43. Improving Endurance through Reduced Vt Margins Figure 44. Chameleon SSD Architecture Figure 45. Chameleon SSD Performance Figure 46. Effect of Block-level and Page-level Write Buffer Figure 47. Hybrid SSD Concept Figure 48. Data/Control Flows in Hybrid SSD Figure 49. SSD Workload Profile Figure 50. Circular Log Space in SLC NAND flash Figure 51. Hybrid SSD Endurance Figure 52. HyperLink NAND SSD vs. Conventional SSD Architecture Figure 53. Minimum SSD Capacity for 5 Year Product Life Figure 54. Program Disturb Figure 55. Read Disturb Figure 56. Flash Error Rate Surface Figure 57. SSD vs. HDD Bit Error Rates Figure 58. ECC Selection Figure 59. SSD vs. HDD Random IOPS Figure 60. SSDs vs. HDDs in the Enterprise - Performance Characteristics Figure 61. Enterprise SSD vs. HDD Average Capacity Figure 62. SSDs vs. HDDs in PCs - Performance Characteristics Figure 63. SSD Performance Trend Figure 64. Notebook PC SSD vs. HDD Average Capacity Figure 65. Desktop SSD vs. HDD Average Capacity Figure 66. SSDs vs. HDDs in Low Cost Mobile PCs - Performance Characteristics Figure 67. LC Mobile PC SSD vs. HDD Average Capacity Figure 68. SSD vs. HDD Price Curve Figure 69. HDD and SSD Landscape Figure 70. SSD Patents by Type Figure 71. SSD-related Patents by Company Figure 72. Applications Write/Read Workload Figure 73. Applications Sequential/Random Workload Figure 74. Total Enterprise SSD Units Forecast Figure 75. Total Enterprise SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 76. Enterprise Storage Drive Units Forecast Figure 77. Enterprise Storage HDD Unit Forecast Figure 78. Enterprise Storage SSD Unit Forecast Figure 79. Enterprise Storage SSD GB Forecast Figure 80. Enterprise Storage SSD GB / Unit Forecast Figure 81. Enterprise Storage SSD $ / GB Forecast Figure 82. Enterprise Storage SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 83. Enterprise Server Units Forecast Figure 84. Host Server-attached SSD Unit Forecast Figure 85. Host Server-attached SSD GB Forecast Figure 86. Host Server-attached SSD GB / Unit Forecast Figure 87. Host Server-attached SSD $ / GB Forecast Figure 88. Host Server-attached SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 89. Low Cost Mobile PC Unit Forecast Figure 90. Endurance vs. SSD Capacity Figure 91. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD Unit Forecast Figure 92. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD GB Forecast Figure 93. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 94. Notebook PC Unit Forecast Figure 95. Notebook PC SSD Unit Forecast Figure 96. Notebook PC SSD GB Forecast Figure 97. Notebook PC SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 98. Desktop PC Unit Forecast Figure 99. Desktop PC SSD Unit Forecast Figure 100. Desktop PC SSD GB Forecast Figure 101. Desktop PC SSD Revenue Forecast Figure 102. Computing SSD Unit Forecast Figure 103. Computing GB Forecast Figure 104. Computing SSD Revenue Forecast List of Tables Table 1. SSD Bill of Materials Table 2. ECC Trend Table 3. HLNAND SSD vs. Conventional SSD Table 4. SSD Capacity as a Function of Writes / Day Table 5. Enterprise Class SSD vs. HDD Table 6. PC-Class SSD vs. HDD Table 7. Interface Transfer Speeds Table 8. Interface Transfer Speeds Table 9. Low Cost Mobile PC SSD vs. HDD Table 10. SSD Chronology Table 11. Seagate's Patent Claims against STEC Table 12. Enterprise SSD vs. HDD Key Metrics Table 13. Video-on-Demand SSD TAM Table 14. Enterprise HDD:SSD Replacement Ratio Table 15. SSD NAND Flash Technology under Four Scenarios Table 16. LC Mobile PC SSD Capacity Unit Mix Forecast Table 17. LC Mobile PC SSD Capacity GB Mix Forecast Table 18. LC Mobile PC SLC SSD Price Forecast Table 19. LC Mobile PC MLC SSD Price Forecast Table 20. LC Mobile PC 3-bit per cell SSD Price Forecast Table 21. Notebook PC SLC SSD Capacity Unit Mix Forecast Table 22. Notebook PC SLC SSD Capacity GB Mix Forecast Table 23. PC SLC SSD Price Forecast Table 24. PC MLC SSD Price Forecast Table 25. PC SLC/3-bit per cell SSD Price Forecast Table 26. Desktop PC SSD Capacity Unit Mix Forecast Table 27. Desktop PC SSD Capacity GB Mix Forecast To order this report: Solid State Drives: A Closer Look http://www.reportlinker.com/p095634/Solid-State-Drives-A-Closer-Look.html More market research reports here! 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