If I had to wager an uneducated guess, I would propose that the recent mainstream acceptance of Solid State Drives as a viable, affordable alternative to spinni

If I had to wager an uneducated guess, I would propose that the recent mainstream acceptance of Solid State Drives as a viable, affordable alternative to spinning disk drives, has created a sudden demand in Flash memory that's caused that industry to thrive. At least at the retail level in the Best Buy where I worked until recently, I watched Solid State drives transition from something only high end computers had to something that was standard even among the lower priced value machines. We had customers complaining about the smaller drive sizes because they were so accustomed to the gigantic storage offered by the spinning disk media at its height in popularity. I'd love someone with more industry knowledge to chime in though, as my own experience here is pretty limited. This is simply what I've observed in my own corner of the world.