In 2015, the Americas dominated the global peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) solid-state drive (SSD) market. The region accounted for a market share of 40.5% due to high demand for energy-efficient IT infrastructure by enterprises. High-performance and mission-critical storage infrastructure (including all-flash storage solutions such as PCIe SSDs) will develop in the region during the

forecast period.The growing number of data centers and the growing use of the connected mobile device will drive the market for data center storage systems in APAC. The systems help in storage and processing of huge chunks of data. The region is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.77% during the forecast period due to the adoption of an increasing number of hybrid storage by enterprises.As of 2016, SSD with a maximum capacity of 4TB is available in the market.500GB-1TB units can be mostly found as primary drives in systems. Multimedia

users require 1-4 TB drives for high-end systems.Enterprises are increasing their storage capacity with the growth of cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the amount of data crossing network.They require highly reliable, fast, and cost-effective SSDs such as PCIe SSDs that use 3D NAND memory.

PART 01: Executive summary 5

Highlights 5

PART 02: Scope of the report 7

Market coverage 7

Base year 7

Vendor segmentation 7

Market segmentation 8

Geographical segmentation 8

Common currency conversion rates 10

Top-vendor offerings 11

PART 03: Market research methodology 12

Research methodology 12

Economic indicators 12

PART 04: Introduction 13

Key market highlights 13

PART 05: Comparison between HDDs and SSDs 16

A history of HDDs and SSDs 16

Advantages and disadvantages 17

PART 06: Memory technology landscape 20

NAND and 3D NAND industry overview 20

History of NAND flash market 24

Hybrid drive 27

PART 07: Market landscape 29

Market overview 29

Market size and forecast 31

Five forces analysis 33

PART 08: Geographical segmentation 34

Global PCIe SSD market by geography 34

Americas 35

EMEA 36

APAC 37

PART 09: Market drivers 38

Growing proliferation of cloud applications 38

Increase in demand for cloud-based data centers 38

Use of big data analytics 39

Need for managed service data centers 40

PART 10: Impact of drivers 41

PART 11: Market challenges 42

Lackluster latency and endurance 42

Short time-to-market 42

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges 43

PART 13: Market trends 44

Falling prices of SSDs 44

Emergence of 3D NAND 44

Rise in investments in emerging memory technology 45

Reduction in ASP of NAND flash memory 45

Consolidation of data centers 46

PART 14: Vendor landscape 47

Competitive scenario 47

Intel 48

Micron 49

Samsung 51

Seagate 52

Western Digital 53

Toshiba 55

Other prominent vendors 56

PART 15: Market snapshot 58

PART 16: Appendix 61

List of abbreviations 61

PART 17: Explore Technavio 62