The verdict is out industry wide when the topic of tablets comes to the table. While some analysts see them as a burgeoning and promising market, there are just as many who claim their timing is off or that they may never become all that popular. Most agreements center around the idea that if the tablet market does emerge, it will impact other sectors, including the flash chip manufacturers.

NAND memory chips are typically employed within miniature electronic devices such as superphones and MP3 players. As well, there is the SSD sector that is fonder of large capacity memory chips. The SSD market is taking off due to the popularity of their speed and power. With tablets ready to launch, the NAND producers are saying that products using low-density will also take off much in the same way that SSD succeeded at doing within desktops and laptops.

Tablets will probably be using low-capacity SSD, like the ones used on dual-drive PC or netbook machines. Such a trend will be influenced by the release of cheaper SSD by such manufacturers as Intel for as low as $125.

Should the manufacturers keep their eye on having NAND memory less expensive, then it is possible that price competition for low-density chips will ensue. This all depends on how popular the tablets coming out soon end up being.