With solid state drives (SSDs) having been here for a couple of years, it would make sense that the price point would be much lower than what we see today. While the price has certainly come down since SSDs were introduced, they are not yet at the “commodity” price point and are a rather expensive option when compared to their traditional counterparts. For some answers to the SSD price point question, check out this Computer World article: Why aren’t SSDs getting cheaper?
Cutting to the chase:
For SSDs to become more affordable — and for manufacturers to drop their prices — NAND flash fabricators must cut their prices first.
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Ultimately, only an increase in production will drive SSD prices down, and that isn’t expected to begin until 2011, say Klein and others. Until that time, prices may dip somewhat as NAND flash manufacturers begin selling higher density flash chips based on lithography technologies that will drop below 30 nanometers in size.
Of course the answer to almost every price point question boils down to supply and demand. With traditional platter hard drives being cheap and reasonably reliable there seems to be little motivation to mass produce the SSD parts… especially within the current economic times. There is no doubt that SSDs are the future, but that future seems to still be some time away.
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