Impact of Data Storage Technologies in Key Sectors (Technical Insights)

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Impact of Data Storage Technologies in Key Sectors

(Technical Insights)

Unleashing newer applications with advanced data storage technologies

June, 2015

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Contents (Continued)

Content Slide No.

Breadth of Applications impacted 24

Impact of Data Storage Technologies across Sectors 25

Consumer Electronics 26

Industrial 27

Energy Distribution 28

Automotive and Transportation 29

Healthcare 30

Impact Assessment of DST in Key Applications 31

Technology Adoption Index 32

Future Prospects of DST 39

Key Patents 43

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Research Scope

Data storage technologies (DSTs) have been recently adopted for exploring different applications across sectors. The future of DSTs and their market implications will be determined by the breadth and depth of their application potential and their ability to unleash a whole new world of application segments and opportunities. From offering high-density storage capabilities to advanced management systems, data storage technologies can be expected to have a high impact in various sectors. The key sectors that can be expected to widely adopt data storage technologies include consumer electronics, automotive and transportation, industrial, healthcare, and energy distribution. Data Storage technologies promise to possess a very optimistic scenario and their prospects in the future are expected to impact multiple sectors.

This research service offers insights on the impact of data storage technologies across key sectors such as consumer electronics, industrial, energy distribution, healthcare, and automotive and transportation. The research scope of this research service with regard to data storage technologies is limited to MRAM (Magnetoresistive random-access memory), FRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory) , PCM (Phase-change memory), RRAM/ ReRAM (Resistive random-access memory), DRAM (Dynamic random-access memory), and SRAM (Static random-access memory). This research service also offers insights on applications that might evolve in the next 5 to 6 years.

This research service covers various data storage technologies from various technology and market dimensions. The coverage includes:

o Technology landscape

o Applications assessment

o Factors influencing development and adoption–Key drivers and challenges

o Global trends and innovation indicators

o Breadth of applications impacted

o Technology and application roadmaps showing the future prospect of DSTs

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Research Methodology

Outcome: New Product Development (NPD), Key applications/sectors, Impact of applications across the key

sectors Innovators &

Innovations

• Technology Journals • Periodicals

• Market Research Services • Technology policy information

sites

• Internal databases

• Thought Leader Briefings

• Engineers

• CTOs/ CEOs/ CIOs • Technical Architects • Research Heads

• Strategic Decision Makers • Technology Policy Heads

Interview Participants Stakeholder Insights, Perspectives & Strategies Patent Review Assess Industry Technology Analysis Applications Innovation Ecosystem Market Analysis Stakeholder Insights, Perspectives & Strategies Primary Research

Secondary Research

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Research Methodology (continued)

Step 1: To provide a thorough analysis of each topic, Technical Insights’ analysts perform a review of patents to become familiar with the major developers and commercial participants and their processes.

Step 2: Building on the patent search, the analysts review abstracts to identify key scientific and technical papers that provide insights into key industry participants and the technical processes, on which they work.

Step 3: The analysts then create a detailed questionnaire with content created to address the research objectives of the study, which functions as a guide during the interview process. While the analysts use structured questionnaires to guarantee coverage of all the desired issues, they also conduct interviews in a conversational style. This approach results in a more thorough exchange of views with the respondents, and offers greater insight into the relevant issues than more structured interviews may provide.

Step 4: The analysts conduct primary research with key industry participants and technology developers to obtain the required content. Interviews are completed with sources located throughout the world, in universities, national laboratories, governmental and regulatory bodies, trade associations, and end-user companies, among other key organizations. Our analysts contact the major commercial participants to find out about the advantages and disadvantages of processes and the drivers and challenges behind technologies and applications. Our analysts talk to the principal developers, researchers, engineers, business developers, analysts, strategic planners, and marketing experts, among other professionals.

Step 5: The project management and research team reviews and analyzes the research data that are gathered and adds its recommendations to the draft of the final study. Having conducted both published studies and custom proprietary research covering many types of new and emerging technology activities as well as worldwide industry analysis, the management and research team adds its perspective and experience to provide an accurate, timely analysis. The analysts then prepare written final research services for each project and sometimes present key findings in analyst briefings to clients.

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Key Findings

Need for low power consumption, high endurance, high speed read-write cycle and enterprise data storage at a cheaper cost, acts as the major drivers for DST development.

The United Stated leads the world in the number of patents filed on data storage technologies (MRAM, FRAM, PCM, RRAM, SRAM, DRAM) over the last five years, followed by China, Republic of Korea, and Japan.

Key

Findings

Various funding agencies across the globe are actively funding the research and development of data storage technologies for various sectors. Consumer electronics OEMs (Original equipment manufacturers) are investing on developing data storage technologies to complement the increase in adoption of smart devices.

With increased research and development of unmanned vehicles, wide scale adoption of advanced driver assistance systems using DSTs can be expected in three to five years. Increased adoption of smart meters could lead to the development of advanced power distribution systems.

The consumer electronics industry can be expected to develop data storage technology-based applications, which would have a high impact in the next five to six years. The smartphone industry is currently looking for a low-cost, high performance, and high density data storage capacity. The DSTs can be expected to bolster the wearables market in the near term.

Adoption

Prospects

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 The rapid increase in storage capacity and the miniaturization of electronic devices demand new recording technologies and materials that combine high density, fast response, long retention time and rewriting capability.

 Most commonly used and commercially available DSTs include magnetic and optical data storage systems.

 To meet the growing industry demands and to achieve ultra high-density data storage, alternative novel technologies are being explored.

Tech Overview

Data storage is defined by the amount of information a device can manage or accommodate. Some of the examples of such devices include: compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), floppy disks, Blu-Ray discs, hard disk drives (HDDs), Integrated circuit (IC) memory, and solid-state drives (SSDs). Earlier storage media such as paper media and punched cards proved to be slow and inefficient leading to the development of magnetic storage devices. Removable data storage media such as floppy disks, hard disk drives, and magnetic tape reels were then available. With the increasing need for computers to store more data, different types of technologies, concepts, and products evolved and are continuing to evolve.

Need for Data Storage Technologies

Source: Frost and Sullivan

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Applications Landscape

Healthcare

DST can be used to develop wearable and fitness tracking devices. The instruments can be

used for treatment

purposes.

Industrial

DST can be used to develop

human-machine interactive

systems for industry purposes and for industrial automation.

Consumer

Electronics

DST can be expected to create a major impact in

the development of

consumer electronics in

the near term.

High-density data storage

without any power

consumption from other sources are some of the unique properties offered by the emerging data storage technologies.

Automotive and Transportation

DST can be used to develop advanced navigation systems. It could also be used to develop black box which finds application in aerospace and defense as well.

Energy and power

distribution

DST has been used to develop smart grids and smart meters which finds application in storing large amounts of data.