Types of Technologies surveyed

• Solid State Drive (SSD) is flash-memory based recording media, with ATA interface being adopted as with the case with HDD
• There are high expectations for the market for SSD as a promising alternative to small HDD
• Small HDDs which were integrated into portable devices significantly contributed to the growth of its market. Recently, however, flash memory has been nipping at its heels
• This report focuses on the SSD and the small HDD markets, as well as their competing products