5. Solid State Drives (SSDs)
固态硬盘（SSDs）
The floods that hit Thailand in 2011 created a shortage of hard drives and a subsequent spike in prices. Solid state drives, however, were not affected by the flooding and while their cost per gigabyte is still higher than that of a traditional hard drive, their demand is now greater. In addition, deal news data shows that SSD prices are steadily dropping; in 2011 the price of a 64GB SSD drive dropped 33% while the price of a 128GB drive dropped 21% — a trend that we expect will continue in 2012.
2011年泰国的洪水导致了硬盘驱动器的短缺，继而引发了价格的上涨。然而固态硬盘并未受到这次洪水的影响，虽然其每十亿字节的成本依然高于传统的硬盘驱动器，现在它的需求量已经大于传统硬盘。此外，数据显示固态硬盘的价格正在稳步下跌；2011年64GB的固态硬盘驱动器下跌了33%，128GB的则下跌了21%——我们预计这一趋势在2012年仍会持续。