Apacer Technology president CK Chang said that with better performance, consumer PCIe SSDs will gradually replace SATA SSDs. He continued that PCIe SSDs will soon also be mass adopted for data storage at industrial control systems and datacenters.At the moment, a 512GB SSD cost the same as a 256GB SSD did one year ago.
Market sources said that unit price for 512GB PCIe SSD has fallen by11% sequentially to US$55 in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a corresponding price drop of 9% for SATA SSD, with price gap between the two types of SSD continuing to narrow from 30% seen in 2018.
PCIe SSDs may capture 50 percent of the market this year
Posted on Thursday, March 21 2019 @ 11:07 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckIndustry sources told DigiTimes that PCI Express SSDs are close to becoming the default option. The marketshare of PCIe SSDs is expected to soar to 50 percent this year, and 480GB SSDs will become mainstream in the consumer market.
