Samsung: Solid-state drive prices will match that of hard disk drives

Amid continued steep declines in the price of flash memory chips, the cost of solid-state drives (SSD) is expected to achieve price parity with that of current generation of hard disk drives within the next few years. This is not a pipe dream conjured up by tech enthusiasts, but what Samsung--one of the top flash memory manufacturers in the world--thinks will happen.

Brian Beard, flash marketing manager for Samsung Semiconductor, tells CNET News, "Flash memory in the last five years has come down 40, 50, 60 percent per year. Flash on a dollar-per-gigabyte basis will reach price parity, at some point, with hard disk drives in the next few years." So what is the price-per-gigabyte sweet spot for SSD later this year? Well, for consumers looking to upgrade, it's "definitely" going to be 128 moving to 256 GB, says Beard.

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