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Tuesday 10 May 2011
Hard drive industry to continue facing shortage in May
Japan's earthquake in March has significantly impacted the supply status of the hard drive industry and the effect is expected to persist in May with two of the top-5 makers - Western...
Thursday 21 April 2011
Taiwan hard drive component makers may face difficulty negotiating quotes
As the hard drive market will be fully occupied by three major players following Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) and Seagate completes...
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Seagate buying Samsung HDD department rumor unlikely to occur shortly
Rumor about hard drive maker Seagate may purchase Samsung Electronics' hard drive business has been spreading in IT market after report about Samsung considering selling its hard...
Thursday 24 March 2011
HDD components grow 25% in 2010, says Information Network
While the hard disk drive (HDD) market recorded disk drive unit shipment growth of 17.1% in 2010, component manufacturers such as heads and suspensions grew 24.7%, according to The...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Western Digital to become dominate HDD maker with Hitachi acquisition, says iSuppli
With its purchase of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), hard drive maker Western Digital (WDC) will pad its lead in the global hard disk drive (HDD) market, giving...
Thursday 3 March 2011
Hard drive shipments expected to see a double-digit growth sequentially in 2Q11
Hard drive shipments in the first quarter of 2011 are expected to see a sequential drop of 4-5% to only about 155-165 million units as notebook vendors face inventory pressure generated...
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Western Digital unseats Seagate in 2010, says Information Network
Western Digital (WD) took command of the hard disk drive (HDD) market in 2010 from long-time leader Seagate on the strength of its market momentum in mobile computing, according to...
Thursday 13 January 2011
HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments
Taiwan-based hard disk drive (HDD) component maker Min Aik Technology has announced revenues of NT$3.1 billion (US$106.69 million) for the fourth quarter of 2010, up 2.89% on quarter...
Thursday 16 December 2010
Hard drives have a happy holiday, says iSuppli
Manufacturers of hard disk drives (HDD) are expected to receive a late-year boost during the holiday season as shipments rally during the fourth quarter, according to market research...
Friday 4 June 2010
Western Digital takes top spot in hard drive shipments, says iSuppli
Ending its perpetual encampment in second place, Western Digital in the first quarter of 2010 shipped the most hard drive disks (HDD) of any storage supplier, surpassing Seagate Technology...
Thursday 13 May 2010
Western Digital likely to unseat Seagate in 2010, says The Information Network
Western Digital (WD) came close to taking the lead in the global hard disk drive (HDD) market in 2009, but a surge in desktop sales kept Seagate in the lead for the year, according...
Friday 11 December 2009
Supply of 3.5-inch HDDs tight until March 2010, say Taiwan PC makers
Supply of 3.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) for use in desktops and servers has fallen short of demand and the tight supply is unlikely to ease until March 2010, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 18 September 2009
HDD supply to remain tight until end of 2009, says Western Digital Taiwan
The global supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) for PC ODM makers has been tight due to rebounding demand in emerging markets in May-June 2009 and then in the US and Europe in July-August,...
Friday 3 July 2009
Short supply of notebook HDDs may continue in 3Q09
The tight supply of notebook hard drives is expected to continue throughout the third quarter, according to IC distributor GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial, sales agents for...
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Taiwan market: Western Digital to launch TV HD player, ShareSpace NAS system
Western Digital (WD) on December 22 unveiled its TV HD (high-definition) Media Player and ShareSpace, a NAS (network attached storage) system, for launch in the Taiwan market soon,...