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Article: Solid State Drives to Gain Foothold in PC Market According to In-Stat.
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- July 16, 2007
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Although Solid State Drives (SSDs) will penetrate no more than 6% of the PC market by 2011, they are poised for extraordinary growth in this market from nearly nothing in 2006 to 24 million units in 2011, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Most of the growth will come in the Ultra-Mobile Device (UMD) market, which includes the UMPC and MID platforms, according to the high-tech market research firm.
"There are few compelling reasons for most PC purchasers to pay more money for less storage than they can get using an HDD, so In-Stat expects HDDs and Hybrid Drives to continue to outweigh SSDs in these applications for at least the next ...