Flash Memory Drive and FlashPoint ShareDrive
Market Information
The experts say “USB-enabled devices will
continue their march to ubiquity in electronics
products, as total USB-enabled devices will
rise from 705.7 million in 2004 to 2.1 billion
in 2009. Growth will continue in all categories
- PCs, PC peripherals, consumer electronics,
and communications devices.” The
number of USB-enabled units is forecasted in
the billions.
USB
Flash Memory Drives
USB
Flash Drive Ownership continues to climb. Consumers
who own thumbdrives increase dramatically from
2003 with the following percents.
- Worldwide 30% increase
- Asia 12% increase
- North America 15% increase
- Latin America 4% increase
- Western Europe 7% increase
- Other 2% increases
USB
Flash Drive Revenues Growth
The
market for USB flash drives is expected to grow
from $572 million from 2003 to $1.7 billion
in 2007, according to Gartner Research. Revenue
in 2005 is estimated at over one billion.
USA
Today's article by Mr. Gregory Lamb of Christian
Science Monitor reported "More than 60
million of these USB (Universal Serial Bus)
flash drives — also know as pocket drives,
thumb drives, jump drives, memory sticks, or
pen drives — are expected to be sold this
year."
WorkForce's
are Mobilizing
Workforce's are
mobilizing – that’s no secret. Research
groups estimate that by 2008, most
professionals will spend at least one day a
week working away from the office. That means
IT managers need to ensure that these mobile
workers have access to e-mail and other corporate
resources, in a secure and reliable way. And
that means FlashPoint ShareDrives. "ShareDirves
Big Impact,” a white paper by Xmultiple,
will help you develop a plan to take full advantage
of the business benefits of FlashPoint ShareDive
mobile technology. Call for a copy 805-579-1100.
Flash
Drive Pricing
Samsung
is one of the major manufacturers of flash memory
and they have announced that they expect the
price of flash memory to drop by roughly half
in each of the next two to three years.
ShareDrives
effect the way we work and play
People
must be equipped with technical know-how –
the ability to exchange information is part
of the growing digital world.
Copying
MP3 & photo’s for entertainment - to
copying business information is a daily requirement.
ShareDrives provide a new mobility
FlashPoint
ShareDrives MP3 USB Flash Drives
Xmultiple
has announced FlashPoint ShareDrive MP3 Players
will be released in the third quarter of this
year. These MP3 ShareDrives will be flash memory
devices. Current MP3 Players in the market place
are made either with mini-hard drives (MicroDrive)
or flash memory. Flash memory designs were now
being made with increass in the size of the
flash memory chips. Up to 4GB are now available.
As a result of the higher capacity flash memory
chips, the flash memory designed MP3 players
are now taking over this market.
A
couple of years ago, the MP3 player market was
a 100 percent Microdrive market, Microdrive
is the brand-name used by Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies for its 1-inch drives but is sometimes
used by others to refer to the miniature form
factor drives.
Today
the boundary has shifted. All 1GB capacity MP3
players use flash memory. Flash memory storage
has begun to encroach into the 2GB to 4GB capacity
class market. Price-per-bit have moved flash
memory's in favor over Microdrive designs.
This
will be a continuing trend as long as the price
drop per year continues for flash memory. This
means by the end of this year, the majority
of 4GB [capacity] or lower MP3 players will
be flash memory and not Microdrives.
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