Do HDD Companies Have a Strong Future?

jmke · 5th January 2009, 20:04

I believe SSD drives will grow in popularity - but the prices are still very high. ...and though I never thought I'd see a faster SSD than Intel's latest drives, Samsung's 250 Gig SSD is insanely fast (like 4x faster than Intel's in some cases!). I think we'll see higher end notebooks use SSD's, and more external storage via regular spinning disks. In my opinion SSD's have no place as a large storage solution - they're great for boot up performance though.

At some point Western Digital and Seagate will need to acquire and/or create some sort of SSD hybrid, and I imagine that day is coming soon. In the meantime, economic crisis aside, the demand for mass storage will continue to grow - and these guys need to invent a hybrid to help bring their margins and excitement up.

http://www.rahulsood.com/2009/01/sto...s-growing.html

5th January 2009, 20:04	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Do HDD Companies Have a Strong Future? I believe SSD drives will grow in popularity - but the prices are still very high. ...and though I never thought I'd see a faster SSD than Intel's latest drives, Samsung's 250 Gig SSD is insanely fast (like 4x faster than Intel's in some cases!). I think we'll see higher end notebooks use SSD's, and more external storage via regular spinning disks. In my opinion SSD's have no place as a large storage solution - they're great for boot up performance though. At some point Western Digital and Seagate will need to acquire and/or create some sort of SSD hybrid, and I imagine that day is coming soon. In the meantime, economic crisis aside, the demand for mass storage will continue to grow - and these guys need to invent a hybrid to help bring their margins and excitement up. http://www.rahulsood.com/2009/01/sto...s-growing.html __________________

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Brando Launches USB 3.0 Dual SATA HDD Dock	jmke	WebNews	0	28th May 2010 15:01
Scythe Intros Fanless HDD Case for 2.5" HDD	jmke	WebNews	0	15th June 2007 14:34
DIY HDD silencing idea	wutske	Hardware Overclocking and Case Modding	4	22nd January 2006 13:41
Seagate – World’s Largest HDD Maker	jmke	WebNews	0	18th August 2005 20:27
Samsung Ups HDD Warranty to Five Years	jmke	WebNews	0	1st October 2004 12:13
AMD Anchors Its Future in China	Sidney	WebNews	0	19th May 2004 20:59
passive cooled HDD housing	TeuS	Hardware Overclocking and Case Modding	19	13th March 2004 16:01
HDD Problem? Plz check!	Da`Hitch	Hardware/Software Problems, Bugs	5	28th August 2002 00:04