Tablet shipments signal trouble for HDD market, says Information Network

Jan 14, 11:56

Media Tablets, already cannibalizing netbooks and smartbooks, will impact hard disk drive (HDD) sales as units contain solid state drives (SSDs) instead of HDDs, according to The...

HDD component maker Min Aik expects double-digital growth in 2011 shipments

Jan 13, 02:00

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...

Cal-Comp expects HDD production to drive growth in 2011 revenues

Jan 12, 13:50

Cal-Comp Electronics, a Thailand-based EMS provider belonging to the Taiwan-based Compal-Kinpo Group, recorded consolidated revenues of NT$120.868 billion (US$3.78 billion) for 2010...

Global shipment proportion for 2.5-inch 500GB single-platter HDDs to rise to 40% in 2Q11

Dec 28, 12:15

The proportion of 2.5-inch 500GB single-platter models in global hard disk drive (HDD) shipments is forecast at 30-35% for first-quarter 2011 and 40% for the second quarter, according...

Hard drives have a happy holiday, says iSuppli

Dec 16, 12:02

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...

Notebook HDD capacities to reach 500GB in 2011, netbooks 320GB

Nov 24, 10:36

The mainstream capacity of notebook internal hard disk drives (HDDs) will increase from 320GB in 2010 to 500GB in 2011, while netbook drives will be 320GB, according to Taiwan-based...

Hard drive shortage may persist through 1Q11

Oct 26, 01:45

As notebook brand vendors are starting to prepare their shipments for the end-of-year holidays, hard drive makers, which had conservative production plans for the fourth quarter due...

Hard drive makers to see 4Q10 shipments remain flat or drop sequentially

Oct 5, 01:50

Hard drive makers expect their shipments in the fourth quarter to only remain flat and they might even drop slightly by 1-2% sequentially, as weak back-to-school demand has created...

SSD price premium over HDD needs to narrow further to drive adoption, says Kingston exec

Sep 15, 14:23

The price premium of solid state drives (SSD) over hard disk drives (HDD) should narrow to 20% from the current 40%, to allow it to gain wide consumer acceptance, according to Scott...

Hard drive component maker Min Aik expects strong growth in 2H10

Sep 10, 11:03

As demand for white-box PCs in emerging markets such as Thailand, Indonesia and India is rising, Taiwan-based hard drive component maker Min Aik Technology expects its shipments in...

On-quarter hard drive shipments to stay flat in 3Q10, but drop in 4Q10

Sep 2, 14:49

Despite IT market already having entered the back-to-school season, weak notebook demand is expected to cause hard drive shipments to stay flat sequentially in the third quarter;...

Slowdown in hard drive shipments signal trouble for PC market, says Information Network

Aug 3, 17:06

A drop in hard drive demand in the second quarter of 2010 could signal a slowdown in the rampant growth of the PC market in the second half of the year, according to The Information...

Global HDD shipment goal lowered for 3Q10, say Taiwan makers

Jul 26, 10:55

Global shipments of built-in and external hard disk drives (HDDs) in the third quarter of 2010 are expected to reach 175 million units, down from the previously estimated volume of...

HDD prices dropping since end of June

Jul 7, 12:35

Hard drive quotes in Taiwan at the end of June dropped 10-20% compared to levels seen at the beginning of the second quarter, according to sources from hard drive players.

Hard drive makers reduce 3Q10 shipments forecast by 5-10%

Jun 25, 11:49

Hard drive makers have recently started downward adjusting their shipment forecasts for the second quarter due to Europe's financial troubles as well as reducing their third- and...

Western Digital takes top spot in hard drive shipments, says iSuppli

Jun 4, 14:03

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...

Western Digital likely to unseat Seagate in 2010, says The Information Network

May 13, 14:02

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...

Taiwan market: Hitachi GST aims for 16% share in mobile hard drive market by end of 2010

Apr 15, 16:49

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) on April 14 unveiled its external hard disk drives (HDDs) for launch in the Taiwan market, including the portable X Mobile Drive...

Intel, Kingston make headways with low-priced SSDs

Mar 26, 15:34

Kingston Technology's shipments of low-priced solid-state drives (SSD) have nearly reached 30,000 units so far this month, according to industry sources. Along with Intel's push of...

Seagate leads in 4Q09 HDD market, says iSuppli

Mar 23, 10:43

Seagate Technology in the fourth quarter of 2009 maintained its perch at the top as the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDD), fending off a strong challenge by perennial...

HDD market to maintain momentum in 2010, says The Information Network

Mar 16, 16:03

Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers repositioned themselves in this Great Recession, managing to show growth in 2009, according to a recently published report by The Information Ne...

Computer storage market set to resume growth in 2010, says iSuppli

Mar 12, 10:23

After suffering a decline in 2009, global revenues from shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments...

Apple iPad may delay transition to SSD, say hard drive makers

Mar 5, 15:10

The appearance of Apple's iPad may create tight supply of NAND flash and delay the transition to solid-state drives (SSD) in PCs, according to sources from hard drive makers.

ECS retail subsidiary in China to apply for listing on TSE in 2011

Dec 25, 16:03

Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) expects its subsidiary, the China-based channel retailer Orbbit, to apply for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in 2011, according to Orbbit...

Supply of 3.5-inch HDDs tight until March 2010, say Taiwan PC makers

Dec 11, 11:41

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...

Toshiba increases market share on Fujitsu hard drive takeover

Newswatch - Oct 22, 16:31

Toshiba is estimated to have grabbed a 13.2% share of the global hard disk drive (HDD) market following its takeover of Fujitsu's hard drive operations, according to industry sourc...

HDD supply to remain tight until end of 2009, says Western Digital Taiwan

Sep 18, 12:03

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,...

Samsung launches new 250GB 1.8-inch HDD

Jul 9, 16:18

Strengthening its line up of portable 1.8-inch hard drives for external storage markets, Samsung Electronics has announced its 250GB 1.8-inch hard disk drive, the Spinpoint N3U, which...

Short supply of notebook HDDs may continue in 3Q09

Jul 3, 14:38

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...

SSD electricity savings could power an entire country, says iSuppli

May 7, 10:15

The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) could allow the world's data centers to reduce their cumulative electricity consumption by 166,643 megawatt hours (MWH) from 2008 to 2013, according...

SSD-based 8.9-inch netbooks seeing sharp price drops

Feb 23, 17:01

Netbook vendors are dropping prices of their 8.9-inch netbooks models to clear inventory, and solid state drive-based (SSD-based) models are seeing the sharpest drops, according to...

NAND flash recovery to boost SSD demand in 2H09, say memory module makers

Jan 23, 16:00

The penetration of solid state drives (SSD) will start to pick up in the second half of 2009, when supply and demand in the overall NAND flash market returns to balance, according...