The explosion of data in everything from mobile phones to the enterprise has created an explosion of another sort — low-cost NAND memory. NAND memory started small enough, but over time, it has absorbed just about everything that has been thrown at it. It has grown so much that it is beginning to create new markets and is in fact being used in the most demanding applications — as solid-state drives in big iron enterprise and server farms.
Will 2010 See SSD Technology Topping Out?
February 2, 2010