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Record Highs Expected for Flash Dollar Shipments and Units, According to Cahners In-Stat Group
December 22, 1999
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 via NewsEdge Corporation -
Flash dollar shipments will exceed $3 billion for 1999 and unit shipments will exceed 1 billion, reports Cahners In-Stat Group.
By 2003, flash dollar shipments will exceed $8 billion, representing a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.3 percent from 1999-2003. Both are record highs for flash memory.
"1999 has been a very good year for flash memory markets and the memory vendors," said Jesse Huffman, senior analyst with In-Stat.
"Early in the year the explosive worldwide cell phone demand set the pace for an up-side year. The offshore economies began recovering, and offshore manufacturing began consuming record quantities of flash memory."
Cahners In-Stat Group also expects: -- Emerging consumer electronic products that use flash memory will
continue to drive this upbeat trend (i.e., cell phones, MP3
players, digital cameras and portable computing). -- The demand for more product features, along with storing data,
will continue to demand higher densities. -- A shortage of 16 Mb and 32 Mb devices began showing up mid-year,
followed by a shortage for lower densities down to 2 Mb. ASPs
surged by as much as 20 percent or more. Lead times for most
densities have extended by as much as 16-20 weeks and this
under-capacity situation is expected to last well into 2000.
The report, Flash Memory Five Year Forecast, No. FM9909MF, provides a five year forecast of the worldwide dollar and unit shipments for the flash market by geographic area, end-use market and density.
To purchase the report or for more information about the service, please call Matt Woods at 617/630-2139; mwoods@cahners.com or visit instat.com to purchase online. The report is $2,495.
Cahners In-Stat Group (http://www.cahnersinstat.com) covers the full spectrum of digital communications research from vendor to end-user, providing the analysis and perspective that allows technology vendors and service providers worldwide to make more informed business decisions.
CONTACT: Cahners In-Stat Group | Jesse Huffman, 530/676-9154 | email: huffyent@aol.com | Chris Hecht, 480/483-4443 | email: checht@instat.com | www.instat.com
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