Flash Memory as RAM 30
Archival or Long-term Storage 30
MULTILEVEL CELL FLASH 30
FLASH MARKET 31
TABLE 2 FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 32
TABLE 3 FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE SEGMENTED BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 32
TABLE 4 NAND FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 33
TABLE 5 NOR FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 33
TABLE 6 NAND AND NOR MARKET COMPARED AS A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL
MARKET, 2012-2018 (%) 33
TABLE 7 FLASH MARKET BY INDUSTRY, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 34
TABLE 8 TOP MARKET SEGMENTS BY INDUSTRY, 2013 AND 2018 (%) 34
TABLE 9 FLASH MEMORY MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 35
TABLE 10 MAXIMUM SIZE OF EXTERNAL FLASH-BASED STORAGE DEVICES 35
TOP VENDORS IN FLASH MEMORY 35
TABLE 11 MARKET SHARE OF TOP VENDORS IN FLASH MEMORY, 2013 (% AND $
MILLIONS) 35
TABLE 12 MARKET SHARE OF NAND FLASH VENDORS, 2013 (% AND $ MILLIONS) 36
TABLE 13 MARKET SHARE OF NOR FLASH VENDORS, 2013 (% AND $ MILLIONS) 36
SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES 37
EON SILICON SOLUTIONS 37
Recent Developments 37
HYNIX 38
Recent Developments 38
INTEL 39
Recent Developments 39
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL 39
Recent Developments 40
MICROCHIP 41
Recent Developments 42
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 43
Recent Developments 43
SAMSUNG 44
Recent Developments 45
SPANSION 46
Related Products 46
Recent Developments 46
TOSHIBA 47
Recent Developments 48
WINBOND 48
Recent Developments 49
CHAPTER 5 FLASH IN ENTERPRISE MARKET 51
FLASH AS A STORAGE DEVICE 51
FLASH-BASED SSDS 51
ENTERPRISE FLASH DRIVES 52
ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTION 52
CONTROLLER 52
TABLE 14 COMPARISON OF FLASH CELL TECHNOLOGIES IN SSD 53
DRAM-BASED SSD 53
Host Interface 54
HARD-DISK DRIVES (HDDS) IN ENTERPRISES 54
SDD AND HDD MARKET 55
TABLE 15 HARD-DISK DRIVE (HDD) MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 55
TABLE 16 HDD MARKET BY VOLUME, 2012-2018 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 55
TABLE 17 SSD MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 56
TABLE 18 SSD MARKET SHIPMENTS, THROUGH 2018 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 56
TABLE 19 SSD MARKET PENETRATION AS A PERCENTAGE OF STORAGE DEVICES,
2012-2018 (%) 56
HDD AND SDD COMPARED 57
TABLE 20 COMPARISON OF FLASH AND HARD-DISK STORAGE TECHNOLOGY 58
FLASH CARD AS AN SSD 61
SSD APPLICATIONS 62
HARD DRIVES CACHING 62
TOP ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS FOR FLASH 62
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY IN ENTERPRISE 63
STORAGE AREA NETWORKS 63
Storage Interface Types 63
TABLE 21 SSD MARKET IN STORAGE BY INTERFACE TYPE, 2013 (%) 64
Network-Attached Storage (NAS) 64
NAS vs. Device-attached Storage (DAS) 65
NAS vs. SAN 65
SAN-NAS Hybrid Storage 66
FLASH MARKET IN ENTERPRISE/PC MARKET 66
TABLE 22 TOTAL FLASH MARKET IN ENTERPRISE/PC MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 66
TABLE 23 TOTAL SDD MARKET BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 67
MARKET PLAYERS: SDD AND HDD MARKET 67
TABLE 24 MARKET SHARES OF TOP HARD DISK MANUFACTURERS, 2013 (%) 67
TABLE 25 MARKET SHARES OF TOP SSD COMPANIES, 2013 (%) 68
TABLE 26 LIST OF KEY HARD DISK, FLASH MEMORY AND SSD MANUFACTURERS 68
SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES 69
Dell 69
Recent Developments 70
EMC 71
TABLE 27 RANGE OF PRODUCTS OFFERED 71
Recent Developments 72
Fusion-io 73
Recent Developments 74
Hitachi Global Storage 74
Products and Services 75
Recent Developments 75
HP 76
Products 77
Recent Developments 78
LSI 78
Recent Developments 79
Nimbus Data 80
Recent Developments 81
Pure Storage 82
Recent Developments 82
Sandisk 83
Recent Developments 84
Seagate 85
Recent Developments 85
Solidfire Inc. 86
Recent Developments 86
Texas Memory Systems (IBM) 87
Recent Developments 87
Toshiba Storage Products 88
Recent Developments 89
Violin Memory 90
Recent Developments 90
Western Digital 91
Recent Developments 92
Whiptail (Cisco) 92
Recent Developments 93
CHAPTER 6 FLASH IN THE MOBILE MARKET 95
FLASH MEMORY IN THE MOBILE MARKET 95
TABLE 28 COMPARISON OF FLASH IN MOBILE AND ENTERPRISE MARKET 95
TABLE 29 TYPICAL AMOUNT OF FLASH IN MOBILE DEVICES, 2013 (GB) 96
POPULAR MOBILE DEVICES 96
Smartphones 96
Feature Phones 97
TABLE 30 FLASH MEMORY-FEATURE PHONES VS. SMARTPHONES (%) 97
Tablets 97
Digital Cameras 98
FLASH MEMORY IN MOBILE MARKET 98
TABLE 31 FLASH IN MOBILE MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 98
TABLE 32 NAND VS. NOR IN MOBILE MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 98
TABLE 33 FLASH MEMORY IN MOBILE MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 99
SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES 99
Acer 99
Recent Developments 100
Apple 101
TABLE 34 APPLE REVENUE BY DECADE, 1977 TO PRESENT ($ MILLIONS) 103
Recent Developments 104
ASUS 104
Recent Developments 105
BlackBerry (formerly Research in Motion) 106
Recent Developments 108
Google 109
Products and Services 109
Advertising 109
Productivity Tools 110
Recent Developments 111
HTC 112
Recent Developments 112
Huwaei 113
Recent Developments 114
LG 115
Recent Developments 116
Motorola (Google) 116
Popular Mobile Products 117
Recent Developments 118
Microsoft 119
Product Divisions 119
Recent Developments 120
Samsung 121
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Profile 122
Samsung Smartphone Sales 122
Recent Developments 123
Sony 124
Recent Developments 125
ZTE 126
Recent Developments 126
CHAPTER 7 FLASH IN PERIPHERALS 129
USB 129
SD 130
SDSC 130
SDHC 130
SDXC 131
CF 131
FLASH MEMORY MARKET IN PERIPHERALS 131
TABLE 35 FLASH MEMORY MARKET FOR PERIPHERALS, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 132
TABLE 36 FLASH MEMORY MARKET SEGMENTED BY PERIPHERAL TYPE, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 132
TABLE 37 FLASH MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION FOR PERIPHERALS, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 132
SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES 133
A-DATA 133
Recent Developments 133
Corsair 134
Recent Developments 134
Kingston Technology 135
Recent Developments 136
Lexar (Micron) 136
Recent Developments 137
PNY 138
Recent Developments 138
Samsung 139
Recent Developments 140
SanDisk 140
Recent Developments 141
Silicon Power 142
Recent Developments 142
Transcend 143
Recent Developments 143
Verbatim Corp. 144
Recent Developments 145
CHAPTER 8 PATENT ANALYSIS 147
PATENTS RELATED TO FLASH MEMORY 147
TABLE 38 U.S. PATENTS AWARDED FOR FLASH MEMORY, 1976-2013 (NUMBER OF
PATENTS) 148
TABLE 39 U.S. PATENTS AWARDED FOR FLASH MEMORY IN MOBILE AND
ENTERPRISE SEGMENTS, 1976-2013 (NUMBER OF PATENTS) 148
TABLE 40 U.S. PATENTS AWARDED TO SELECTED COMPANIES FOR FLASH MEMORY
TECHNOLOGY, 1976-2013 (NUMBER OF PATENTS) 149
TABLE 41 U.S. PATENTS AWARDED TO SELECTED COUNTRIES FOR FLASH MEMORY
TECHNOLOGY, 1976-2013 (NUMBER OF PATENTS) 149
LIST OF TABLES
SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MARKET FOR FLASH MEMORY BY REGION, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 7
TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOR AND NAND TECHNOLOGY 28
TABLE 2 FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 32
TABLE 3 FLASH MARKET WORLDWIDE SEGMENTED BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH
2018 ($ MILLIONS) 32
TABLE 4 NAND FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 33
TABLE 5 NOR FLASH MEMORY MARKET WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 33
TABLE 6 NAND AND NOR MARKET COMPARED AS A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL
MARKET, 2012-2018 (%) 33
TABLE 7 FLASH MARKET BY INDUSTRY, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 34
TABLE 8 TOP MARKET SEGMENTS BY INDUSTRY, 2013 AND 2018 (%) 34
TABLE 9 FLASH MEMORY MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION, THROUGH 2018 ($
MILLIONS) 35
TABLE 10 MAXIMUM SIZE OF EXTERNAL FLASH-BASED STORAGE DEVICES 35
TABLE 11 MARKET SHARE OF TOP VENDORS IN FLASH MEMORY, 2013 (% AND $
MILLIONS) 35
TABLE 12 MARKET SHARE OF NAND FLASH VENDORS, 2013 (% AND $ MILLIONS) 36
TABLE 13 MARKET SHARE OF NOR FLASH VENDORS, 2013 (% AND $ MILLIONS) 36
TABLE 14 COMPARISON OF FLASH CELL TECHNOLOGIES IN SSD 53
TABLE 15 HARD-DISK DRIVE (HDD) MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 55
TABLE 16 HDD MARKET BY VOLUME, 2012-2018 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 55
TABLE 17 SSD MARKET, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 56
