Campbell Kan V.P. Smart Handheld Business Unit IT Products Global Operations Acer Incorporated October 2010 SSD - The cool “green” drive that REALLY saves

Industry Watch "SSD could ultimately replace hard disk drives." — Hu Yoshida, CTO, Hitachi Data Systems Network World, January 2010 " Google Chrome OS will not support hard- disk drives. SSDs will lead to a fast boot time." — Sundar Pichai, VP of Product Management, Google Inc. Computerworld, November 2009

Agenda Storage Evolution –Performance Improvements –Trends in Selling Prices –Adoption Trends Scenario Analysis –Comparison of HDD and SSD –Benefits of Replacing HDD with SSD The Green Future

Storage Evolution First tape driveDisk data storage Cassette tapeFloppy disks 5.25" and 3.5" CD and DVD Thinner and more efficient USB drives and flash memory cards Solid state drives Hard disk drives 1950s1960s 1970s 1980s1990s2000s

Performance Improvements Technological EnhancementsBusiness Benefits  Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)  Energy and space saving  Longer battery life  Increased productivity  Higher throughput  Higher read/write performance  Lower boot/suspend time  Higher reliability  Faster access to data

HDD vs. SSD Throughput Performance  Hardware: a shelf of 3 Intel ® X25-E Extreme SATA 32 GB SSDs and 24 Seagate ® Savvio 15K SAS 73 GB HDDs. In both cases, Principled Tech. used a Newisys NDS-2240 enclosure.  Software: Jetstress; Performance results in IOPS for the two storage configurations. A higher number of IOPS is better.  Average throughput in MB per second for the two storage configurations. Higher throughput is better. Source: Principled Technologies, ,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2, , % 3, Seagate ® Savvio 15K SAS HDDs 3 Intel ® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs IOPS I/O Per Second +172% 24 Seagate ® Savvio 15K SAS HDDs 3 Intel ® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs Megabytes per seconds SSD is Better Throughput

HDD vs. SSD Read/Write Performance Sequential Read MB/s Sequential Write MB/S WD 7200 HDD WD 5400 HDD Toshiba 4200 HDD SanDisk SSD Random Read IOPS Random Write IOPS 50 2, ,300  Hardware: Intel ® Core ™ 2 Duo processor E8400 (3 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache, 1333 MHz FSB), 2 GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800 MHz  Software: IOMeter, measured as a secondary drive Megabytes SequentialRandom SSD is Better

HDD vs. SSD Boot/Suspend Performance Seconds  Hardware: Acer Aspire TimeLine 3810T  Processor: Intel ® Core ™ 2 Duo processor 1.33 GHz  Memory: 4 GB DDR2  Software: IOMeter, measured as a primary drive Resume time WD 7200 HDD WD 5400 HDD Toshiba 4200 HDD SanDisk SSD SSD is Better Sleep time Boot-up time

Trends in Selling Prices Source: IDC, $USD / per GB HDD SSD The gap is getting closer!

More Adoptions in Different Segments Network Appliances NotebooksAll-in-One PCs Servers The most energy- intensive product

Growing Pains Among all computer products, servers are the most energy-intensive. Gartner estimates that data centers account for almost a quarter of global CO 2 emissions attributable to IT, and by itself accounts for as much CO 2 emissions as the aviation industry. Source: Gartner, 2007

Adoption Trends Data Centers The gap between the selling prices of HDDs and SSDs is narrowing, so now is the opportune time for vendors and enterprises to consider replacing HDDs with SSDs. As cloud computing and related services continue to boom at unprecedented levels, data centers will benefit from SSD technology. Cloud Computing

Enterprise Servers vs. Desktops and Notebooks Scenario Analysis

Server Power Consumption Breakdown Source: Samsung, % 46% Storages 13% Networks 8% CPUs 25%  The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has estimated that storage now accounts for about 13% of the total power consumption of data centers. With an exponential increase in the amount of data to store, further expansion of storage systems is inevitable. As a result, the cost of electric power and cooling to maintain stored data is growing at a rate of 19% per annum.  Example: The cost of power and cooling to operate 281 PB (petabytes) of storage was $0.4 billion in In just four years, storage capacity is expected to grow to 1,773 PB (by 2011), with the company’s power and cooling costs predicted to reach $2.6 billion. Lighting/Others Electricity Transformer UPS Air Movement Cooling IT Load

 Since SSDs do not have mechanical components, they offer better power consumption and thermal performance. In contrast, HDDs require more money and electricity to cool down, so enterprises need to spend more to solve thermal issues.  Note: In the above graphs, HDD and SSD total capacity is 96 GB.  Enterprises using SSDs will cut about 50 to 60% of energy losses, thus saving energy, reducing expenses, and enabling enterprises to go green. Comparison of HDD and SSD Power Consumption in Servers Source: Principled Technologies, % higher 24 Seagate ® Savvio 15K SAS HDDs 3 Intel ® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs Watts Active power in Watts -60% Enclosure Enclosure Drives Total: 292 Total: 116 Drives % higher 24 Seagate ® Savvio 15K SAS HDDs 3 Intel ® X25-E Extreme SATA SSDs Watts Idle power in Watts -59% Enclosure Enclosure Drives Total: 276 Total: 112 Drives 3.8

Power Consumption in PCs  Based on a comparison of a typical 2.5"HDD and SSD.  SSDs are not equipped with a motor so they consume less power than HDDs, helping to extend a computer's battery life.  The measurement conditions for the above graph were based on the assumption that the drivers are in operation 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and have the following usage details: Read operations = 15%, Write operations = 5%, Idle = 70%, Standby = 5%, Sleep cycles = 5% Source: Toshiba, 2010 Watts Per day / per week SSDs consume at least 20% less power Per weekPer dayPer hour HDD SSD Watts Per year / per 3 years Per 3 yearsPer monthPer year 2, ,000 6,000 4,000 Approx. 2700~Wh Reduction in power consumption over 3 years 1,000 5,000 7,000 9,000 3,000 HDD SSD

Benefits of Replacing HDDs with SSDs About 60% LESS storage power for servers About 8% LESS total energy consumption for servers About 20% LESS energy consumption for PCs

Detailed Analysis — Servers 40,000 30,000 20,000 10, Q2 85,428 2% 56% 42% 2010 Q1 87,246 90,000 57% 41% 2009 Q4 92,816 2% 57% 41% 2009 Q3 83,914 2% 55% 42% 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 2% Units Annual server shipment: 8,185,043 units Minimum annual power consumption of servers: 4.3 billion kilowatts Minimum annual carbon dioxide emission of servers: 2.6 million tons Source: Gartner, August 2010 Source: Climate Savers Computing, 2010 DesktopServerNotebook

Detailed Analysis — PCs 40,000 30,000 20,000 10, Q2 85,428 2% 56% 42% 2010 Q1 87,246 60,000 57% 41% 2009 Q4 92,816 2% 80,000 57% 41% 2009 Q3 83,914 2% 55% 42% 90,000 70,000 50,000 2% Source: Gartner, August 2010 Units Annual PC shipment: 341,219,714 units Minimum annual power consumption of PCs: 44.9 billion kilowatts Minimum annual carbon dioxide emission of PCs: 26.9 million tons Source: Climate Savers Computing, 2010 DesktopNotebookServer

HDDs' Carbon Footprint 3.3 * billion trees are needed to absorb 29.5* million tons of CO * billion trees are needed to absorb 29.5* million tons of CO 2 Source: Climate Savers Computing, 2010 Note: 1. CO2: 2.6 (Servers) (PCs) = 29.5 million tons 2. Online Energy-Saving Calculator = 3.3 billion trees

Reduced Energy Power = 5 Thermal Power Plants or 5 Nuclear Reactors Thermal Power Plant CO 2 Source: Taiwan Power Company, or Nuclear Reactor Reduced-Energy Power Equals –50 billion (= 4.3 Server PC) –Given thermal power per year is 2 billion kilowatts, then 25 (=50/2) thermal power plants –Given nuclear Reactor per year is 10 billion, then 5 (=50/10) nuclear reactors

Global CO 2 Warnings Source: CARMA, 2010 Red Alerts A large red circle indicates that a plant produces a lot of electricity and a lot of CO 2. DirtyClean

As A Member of the Global Village, Acer Plans to Develop More Energy-Saving Products

Acer Has Adopted SSDs as Main Storage in Timeline Series Ultra-thin Light weight More secure data storage Extended battery Life Mainstream price

Acer Successfully Commoditized SSD Into Product Comments from reviewers  entire system benefits from a faster solid state drive  entire system performs much better overall Acer places 1 st SSD Order on Aspire Timeline

Our Goals: Cutting CO 2 Emissions & Delivering Value! Product performance enhancement Productivity improvement Energy savings Battery savings Cost reduction CO 2 -free

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Back Up: Online Energy-Saving Calculator (Slides 18 th and 19 th )