2012 SSD Scene : Solid-State Drives Hit The Mainstream
Solid-State computer drive storage is poised to have it's best year ever in 2012. Not just in terms of unit shipment volumes, but in awesome performance at very affordable prices.
OCZ Technologies continues to lead the pack. Fast and cheap SSD's like the OCZ Octane Series SSD
deliver more bang for the buck than any solid-state drive in history. Their recent acquisition of Indilinx and its controller technology assures OCZ direct control over production capacity, design and specs of one of it's most critical components. No other company has done more for advancing the SSD market than OCZ.
Unit shipments of SSD drives are on a sharp uptick that's showing no signs of stopping. As more and more laptop and (to a lesser degree) desktop computers incorporate stock solid-state drives, there appears there will be no let-up in demand for the foreseeable future.
Hybrid SSD drives are clearly the inevitable route to both high-performance storage and affordable capacity. Seagate just released their second-generation Hybrid, the Momentus XT 750 GB Solid State Hybrid Drive
that not only rectifies some of the problems of the 1st generation drives, but has refinements that takes performance to the next level. I'd suspect by the end of 2012 Seagate will take this 2.5" laptop SSD Hybrid to 1 Terabyte capacity.
The reliability of SSD storage has always been a strong selling point of SSD technology. And it only gets better. SSD drives have evolved steadily with smarter controllers and firmware that manage block allocation, wear leveling and drive reliability and Read/Write endurance with absolute finesse. Enterprise users need this MTBF reliability - and casual consumers with far less demanding needs will simply enjoy hassle-free storage technology.
Lastly, although SSD's have been primarily an INTERNAL storage solution -- The explosion of USB 3.0 SuperSpeed and Intel ThunderBolt ports slated for 2012 are going to drive a growing interest in EXTERNAL SSD drives to take advantage of the huge leap in bandwidth. So expect a lot of products that leverage solid-state drives for auxiliary and backup storage to show up in droves.
OCZ Technologies continues to lead the pack. Fast and cheap SSD's like the OCZ Octane Series SSD
deliver more bang for the buck than any solid-state drive in history. Their recent acquisition of Indilinx and its controller technology assures OCZ direct control over production capacity, design and specs of one of it's most critical components. No other company has done more for advancing the SSD market than OCZ.Unit shipments of SSD drives are on a sharp uptick that's showing no signs of stopping. As more and more laptop and (to a lesser degree) desktop computers incorporate stock solid-state drives, there appears there will be no let-up in demand for the foreseeable future.
Hybrid SSD drives are clearly the inevitable route to both high-performance storage and affordable capacity. Seagate just released their second-generation Hybrid, the Momentus XT 750 GB Solid State Hybrid Drive
that not only rectifies some of the problems of the 1st generation drives, but has refinements that takes performance to the next level. I'd suspect by the end of 2012 Seagate will take this 2.5" laptop SSD Hybrid to 1 Terabyte capacity.The reliability of SSD storage has always been a strong selling point of SSD technology. And it only gets better. SSD drives have evolved steadily with smarter controllers and firmware that manage block allocation, wear leveling and drive reliability and Read/Write endurance with absolute finesse. Enterprise users need this MTBF reliability - and casual consumers with far less demanding needs will simply enjoy hassle-free storage technology.
Lastly, although SSD's have been primarily an INTERNAL storage solution -- The explosion of USB 3.0 SuperSpeed and Intel ThunderBolt ports slated for 2012 are going to drive a growing interest in EXTERNAL SSD drives to take advantage of the huge leap in bandwidth. So expect a lot of products that leverage solid-state drives for auxiliary and backup storage to show up in droves.
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