Description

Coughlin Associates, Inc.

This report is the seventh report on data storage and emerging applications and the fifth report on data storage and the consumer electronics market published by Coughlin Associates. The 2008 report is accompanied by a separate report giving results from a
consumer survey conducted in 2007 regarding uses of consumer devices, content storage trends and storage expectations and requirements.
The data storage requirements for consumer devices are increasing. This demand is fueled by the availability of inexpensive digital storage devices, increasing interface and Internet bandwidth as well as greater processing power in smaller devices. The combination of developments in these technologies is enabling the availability of greater amounts of content and at higher resolutions. It is also enabling the growth of user generated content at higher and higher resolutions.