Evolving Market Dynamics Based on Technological Evolution September 17, 2008 Pat Wilkison
Evolving Market Dynamics Based on Technological
Evolution
September 17, 2008Pat Wilkison
Topics• Market Map• Evolving Product Profile• Technology Evolution
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Market Map Based on Product Definition
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ULTRA SMALL FORM FACTORCLIENT< 5,000 IOPS
ENTERPRISE (Tier 0 Performance)10,000 to 45,000 IOPS
ENTERPRISE5,000 to 10,000 IOPS
Sweet Spot Ultra-High End Servers
Sweet SpotLow-End Servers (boot device) Sweet Spot
Sweet Spot
Tran
sfer
Rat
e in
MB
/sec
SOLUTION:
High-end Enterprise-Class SSD(IF = FC and SAS)
SOLUTION:
High-end Enterprise-Class SSD(IF = SAS)
SOLUTION:
High Reliability Notebook-Class SSD(IF = SATA)
SOLUTION:
Cost-Effective yet Reliable UM-SSD(IF = SATA)
Fundamentally Different Product Architectures Underlie Each Variation
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NAND as the Media
"...There will be increasing scaling problems for
NAND...which becomes serious at the 65nm node."
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Media Evolution to Enable SSD Breakthroughs
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