Intel is taking advantage of the good reputation it has developed with its SSDs to continue its campaign to bring NAND flash in the form of an SSD into all PC applications.

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"We continue to work with Apple to bring Flash to the iPhone, " said Mr Wadhwani.

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For infrastructure, the rise of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and advances in technology like flash storage continue to disrupt the very large enterprise IT industry.

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Additionally, due to their inherent advantages over traditional spinning hard drives, including better performance, lower power consumption, and increased reliability, drives made from solid state flash products should continue to gain in popularity as prices fall and capacities rise.

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To the extent 2011 sees lower year-over-year growth than originally forecasted, we would expect to see that demand pushed into 2012, because of the fundamental drivers, from the standpoint of expansion of network services, the cloud and new applications for NAND flash memory in PCs will continue to evolve and drive the industry.

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