According to south Korean Newsis reference TrendForce data points out that the market mechanism, the fourth quarter of 2016 shipments of notebook computer (NB), SSD carry weight will be above 40%. Analysis pointed out that season 1 with SSD total 28 ~ 29% of the total of the NB, forecast until the fourth quarter will be the cause of the rapidly rising prices for the HDD, and V NAND product development.

SSD is fast transmission speed than traditional hard disk drive (HDD) more than 4 times, can tolerate external impact of storage devices. Less noise and hot issues, and have an advantage, but the price is HDD is high, and the storage capacity is insufficient.

Commonly referred to as the technology, 3 d NAND Flash chip is in the form of vertical stack, in a narrow area, low power, high circuit integration products. Not only improve transmission speed and production efficiency, power consumption is reduced.

Notable is, V NAND is samsung in order to show his technical ability and the use of words, shows that at present, the development of the product is dominated by samsung. Reports that at present can be mass production of 3 d NAND enterprise only samsung. Other semiconductor competitive enterprise about half to energy production by 2017.

Samsung people with SSDS mastered in the global market in 2015, 54% share, samsung launch SSD new products, accelerate the leading market, at the end of may samsung launched more than 10 yuan coin volume smaller 512 gb SSD "BGA NVMe SSD. A packet built-in NAND Flash, DRAM and controller, 1% of the volume is only 2.5 inch HDD.

Launched in 2013, ultra-thin laptops dedicated SSD series products, after 3 years after a hiatus of running area is reduced to 1/5 of the products, technical force. Samsung said, this product can promote a new generation of PC design flexibility. Future global IT companies will be able to design and launch more thin, more innovation in the PC.

In addition to the advanced technology, samsung's affordable series of products also continue to cut prices, committed to promoting the popularization of SSD. At the end of may samsung launched the 750 EVO series extra 750 gb products. Samsung launched in 2015, 2015 gb and 250 gb products, consumer demand, and then introduced the large capacity 500 gb products, and reduce the burden of consumer prices.

Behind the scenes news: samsung SSD market domination the giant brewing counterattack

According to south Korean intelligence information communication technology center, global SSD shipments from about 11000, 2015, will be all the way to grow to 2020 in 24000, is expected in the meantime, the average annual growth will reach 16.9%. HDD, on the other hand, will be from 2014 in 2014, a recession in 2019 to 42000, the average annual growth rate of about 5.7%.

So far, global SSD market is still by Samsung (Samsung Electronics) landslide's market share. According to IDC, adjustable mechanism, points out that samsung has 3 d V - NAND technology of blessing, SSD market in 2015, on revenue, market share is 39.7%, while shipments is 40.0%.

In order to catch up with samsung, Intel (Intel) also began to actively expand the strategic investment. Since the end of 2016, will import than the existing 3 d V - NAND faster, better durability of 3 d Xpoint memory, SSD Optane and put into production on this basis. Intel is expected to begin the second half of the 2016 the memory in dalian factory invest about $5.5 billion on the mainland.

China, on the other hand, indirectly through the acquisition of the new emperor (SanDisk) to knock on door SSD market. At present, the world's largest HDD manufacturer for witten (WD), witten biggest shareholder is thunis group from the mainland. In October 2015, on the acquisition of the new emperor witten, and complete the final assignment in May.

In companies with SSD market, witten and the new emperor combined share of about 30%, more than the Intel (24.6%) and samsung (20.6%). In addition, Toshiba (Toshiba) cooperate with SanDisk build a new production line 3 d NAND, the mainland factory have also published investment 3 d NAND department plan.

The families of these positive brewing counter-offensive manufacturers, also began to shake the hegemony of samsung in the SSD market step by step.

360 ° : 3 d V - NAND3D V - NAND is a vertical stack using the technology of flash, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Toshiba (Toshiba) and IBM technology companies are developing 3 d NAND, in 2014 is expected to lead.

Memory cells (3 d V - NAND don't have to shrink the memory cell), but the use of 3 d stack technology to encapsulate more units, this technology has many advantages, including in a smaller physical space increase the rate of Volume Capacity/Volume thewire), so will can reduce interference, programming will shorten the time, plus the unit length of each link, means that the electrical performance greatly ascend, reduce, followed by the total power consumption.

Samsung in 2013, the world's first 3 d V - NAND flash memory (vertical), charge capture flash (CTF) architecture, temporarily stored in flash memory will charge the conductive Layer (Non - conductive Layer) of Silicon Nitride (Silicon Nitride) channels, improve the floating gate of adjacent cell interference each other ills.

Samsung has started production of the second generation 32 V - NAND, power consumption reduced by 20%. In addition, IM Flash Technologies (IMFT, Intel and light joint venture), Toshiba and Hynix (Hynix) also have their own respective NAND manufacturers such as V - NAND plan.