Solid-State drive market might be as good as thought

Solid State Drives have grown in popularity recently and many companies are jumping on board the trend. This article on TheDeal.com talks about how the Solid State Drive market may not be as lucrative as once predicted. Sansa Review says

A piece in EETimes Wednesday covered this trend, tantalizing us with the headline “Shakeout looms in SSDs.” It didn’t go into much detail about what the shakeout would look like, however, and naturally we wondered whether the plethora of technology producers in this arena — 50, by some counts — would lead to M&A.

The general answer is no, according to analyst Jim Handy of chip market research firm Objective Analysis. You’ve got the big SSD chip specialists like Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., as well as Intel Corp. [INTC], Micron Technology Inc. [MU] and SanDisk Corp. [SNDK]. For the most part, these companies will build their SSD offerings via internal development, Handy says.