by Mark Geenen | Aug 8, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
In a recent blog, my colleague wrote about the current NAND supply tightness and how it may or may not affect SSD supply and price. SSDs are the “hot” topic and are front and center of everyone’s focus – especially since FMS (Flash Memory Summit) starts this week....
by Jason Lervold | Aug 2, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
As we stated in a recent blog, NAND is, in fact, in short supply these days. But let’s be honest, is it really going to effect the supply going to SSDs? Will our options for buying an SSD-base notebook PC dry up over the next few quarters? Or will notebook PCs with...
by John Chen | Jun 23, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog, Uncategorized
E3 2016, a show focused primarily on the latest games for PCs and consoles, maintained a strong focus on virtual reality (VR) this year. With Facebook’s Occulus Rift VR headset now available, high-end PC gamers with the proper hardware and the $599 to spend on the...
by Mark Geenen | Jun 16, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
In the past, good news for HDD companies was usually linked to higher PC sales. However, this time, the good news comes from an unlikely source, the competition. The rapid takedown of SSD prices during the last two years have led to accelerating SSD attach rates in...
by Jason Lervold | May 18, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
TRENDFOCUS has just released its latest NAND/SSD Quarterly update. In this latest report, covering CQ1 ’16 results and the updated quarterly forecast, all segments, both client and enterprise, saw growth from CQ4 ’15. In an otherwise down market for HDDs,...
by Jason Lervold | May 11, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
As many storage companies have recently released their CQ1 ‘16 results, it is very clear – SSDs are winning the race! Even as we witnessed a drastic decline in the client PC market in Q1 (almost -15% Q-Q), client SSDs are anticipated to show yet another increase in...
