Solid State Drives (SSD) in the Commercial / Embedded Markets and Applications

MONTEREY, CA., April 26, 2013 - WebFeet Research, Inc. has released its latest SSD report (SS375ESSD-2013) on the Commercial / Embedded segment.  This segment is slow to  changes with highly specialized designs that will be employed for long periods as compared to the Client and Enterprise segments.  SSDs in the Commercial / Embedded segment will  have smaller volumes and a slower growth rate as compared to the Client and Enterprise segments, however new opportunities are now being created from emerging applications and existing applications are beginning to transform this market segment making SSDs an appealing storage option.  

WebFeet Research has done an in-depth analysis on the market opportunity in the Commercial / Embedded Segment.  This analysis covers six major application areas consisting of:

1.      Networking and Telecommunications

2.      Consumer Electronics

3.      Automotive

4.      Industrial

5.      Medical

6.      Avionics / Aerospace and Military

Each of these areas identifies the major applications that utilizes solid state storage ranging up to thirteen different applications.  Solid state storage includes removable cards, embedded Flash, USB drives and SSDs.

This analysis is further refined by identifying the SSD opportunity within solid state storage opportunity in units,  form factor, average capacity, unit price and revenue for each of these applications.  Each of these  application segments are further refined by identifying the opportunity into three major geographical regions:  Americas, EMEA, and AsiaPac.   

The analysis is provided in a comprehensive excel book with linked references for additional details for the forecast period 2011 to 2017