As some experts assume, solid-state memory for iPad cost apple company approximately $30 for every 16 Gb. If we consider that Apple is assembled to sell millions of iPad copies yearly, the appearance of this product on the market can have a serious effect on the solid-state memory segment.
Associate with the reference to the hard disks producers reports that the beginning of apple iPad release can cause a certain scarcity of solid-state memory and slow down the passage to so-called SSD in the personal computers segment. Now Apple consumes about third of the entire solid-state memory NAND produced, the beginning of iPad deliveries can only increase this proportion. An increase in the demand for solid-state memory from the side of apple partners can produce an increase in the prices of solid-state memory, used in other computers. Reductions in the prices of solid-state memory should be expected not earlier than the second-half of 2011, when producers will transfer it on 20 nm technology.
According to the estimations of analytical agency IDC, the segment of personal computers is the most promising market for the solid-state disk.