Intel Wants to Become a Leader on the SSD Market

In the past, Intel initiated or entered new markets to launch them and turn them into established ones, then left them when they were matured. We could have thought that Intel would do the same think for SSD, promoting efficient products, establishing new references for such devices, in order to push other manufacturers to bring levels up. The founder could then left the market and concentrate again on its main topic, CPU. However, this time the strategy might be different.
Intel wants to become a leader on the flash memory market, and compete with Samsung, toshiba and Hynix, to become the number 1 with its partner on this market, Micron. To reach such goal, both partners are betting a lot on their future 25 nm engraving process, and expect to release SSDs based on such chips to turn their current high-end SSD models into consumer electronic products for the mass.
So, we might see the first price battle on SSDs before the end of the year, as it will be the only way for Intel and Micron to quickly capture market share and reach their goal. So, 2010 might well be the year for democratization of the SSD, at reasonable prices, as storage unit.