14 DAY TRIAL // As 2010 draws to an end, just about everyone's starting to make some interesting predictions as to what we might expect over the course of 2010, but some (such as Kingston's co-founder and president, John Tu) have more insights into what the next year will bring than others, especially in their particular areas of interest.
And in the case of Kingston's co-founder, the area of interest is, quite obviously, that of memory solutions, but also that of connectivity, given the fact that the company's expertise in the field of solid-state drives has become quite well-known over the past couple of years.
Anyway, as Kitguru reports, Mr. Tu made some interesting predictions as far as the future of USB 3.0 is concerned, claiming that, by the end of 2011, it would become standard, all mobos and external storage solutions rolled out onto the market providing this type of interface.
Furthermore, Kingston's president also believes that the cost of SSDs will go down even further, compared to 2010, thus helping their ascension towards mainstream status.
Plus, as far as SSDs are concerned, the advent of cloud computing (which also involves servers, that require memory modules, and some of them even SSDs) might also bolster sales, and the same goes for the development of some segment-specific computing systems, such as car computers.
Last, but certainly not least, comes the topic of memory cards, which has brought Kingston some pretty handsome revenues over the years.
In this segment, the company's president again sees some important growth occurring over the course of 2011, due to the advent of Internet tablets, most of which deliver a rather limited amount of storage space, so they require expansion card for storing the user's data.
Of course, it remains to be seen just what 2011 will ultimately bring, but the predictions made by Kingston's CEO seem to be sound enough in order to come true.