The Global Market for PCIe SSD is Projected to Reach 4.5 Million Units by 2020
Robust Demand for Faster Processing Speeds Drives the
Global PCIe SSD Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces
the release of a comprehensive global report on PCIe SSD. The
global market for PCIe SSD is
projected to reach 4.5 million units by 2020, driven by the growing number of IOPS in data
heavy applications, and rising demand for high performance storage solutions
with faster processing speeds.
A key evolutionary development in the
storage industry is the convergence of PCIe, a high-speed serial computer expansion
bus standard, and Solid State Drives (SSDs). Key factors driving the convergence
of PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) and enterprise SSD include
the growing native availability of PCIe interconnects on all CPU devices and
the growing trend towards integrating SAS, SATA, and Fibre Channel (FC) with
PCIe host interface. PCIe SSD is a technology where PCIe is engineered as the primary
interface for SSD sub-systems and modules. The PCIe packet-based loss-less
protocol significantly enhances the performance and capacity of SSDs, while
simultaneously reducing system complexity and costs. As an interconnect
technology, PCIe is a potential replacement for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), and
offers numerous sophisticated capabilities, such as, host-to-host communication
and IO resource sharing across multiple hosts.
PCIe offers a unified backplane with a
single IO interface that supports IPC, LAN and SAN connectivity. PCIe provides
a powerful fabric for high-speed throughput and low latency performance, which
translates into reduced instances of dropped packages, transmission errors, and
automatic re-transmission of packet data in the remote event of transmission
error. This advantage provides the technology a competitive edge in the storage
space where data corruption and loss can have a debilitating impact on
enterprise processes. Conventional storage interfaces like SATA SSDs typically
have limited bus capacity for data transfer from the SSD to the processor.
High-speed PCIe bus interface, in this regard, is capable of delivering high throughput making
it particularly attractive for storage networks that carry heavy content load.
Also, the unified PCIe backplane is designed to transfer multiple data types to
the processor. Therefore, increasing adoption of video based enterprise
customer application is expected to bring in lucrative opportunities for the
adoption of PCIe SSD.
The growing number of IOPS (Input/Output
Operations per Second) led by improvements in physical CPU structure like
increase in number of cores and the multiplier effect of virtualization, is
benefiting the market for PCIe SSD. Server virtualization, virtual desktop
infrastructures (VDI) and high performance databases create the need for higher
storage I/O performance. PCIe SSD, in this regard, flaunts the ability to
squeeze in additional performance in terms of IOPS.
As stated by the new market research
report on PCIe SSD, the United States represents the largest market
worldwide. Asia-Pacific is forecast
to emerge as the fastest growing market with a projected CAGR of 31.0% over the
analysis period.
Major players
in the market include BiTMICRO Networks Inc., EMC Corporation, Fujitsu
Technology Solutions, Foremay, Inc., HGST, Inc., Intel Corporation, IBM
Corporation, LSI Corporation, Micron Technology Inc., Marvell Technology Group
Ltd., OCZ Technology Group Inc., RUNCORE Innovation Technology CO, LTD., SanDisk
Corporation, Fusion-io, Inc., SMART Modular Technologies, and Violin Memory
Inc., among others.
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