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Wednesday 30 November 2011
PC vendors hike prices to reflect adoption of larger capacity HDDs
To cope with hard disk drive (HDD) shortages due to flooding in Thailand, HDD vendors have devoted more production to high-capacity and higher-profitability models, forcing PC vendors...
Tuesday 29 November 2011
PC vendors to see serious HDD shortages starting December, says Acer VP
As PC brand vendors' hard disc drive (HDD) inventory level will soon hit bottom, vendors will start experiencing HDD shortages in December and the problem will reach its peak in February...
Monday 28 November 2011
Taiwan market: Prices for supply of HDDs for retail channels to rise by 10% in early December
Prices for hard disk drives (HDDs) supplied to retail channels in the Taiwan market have risen 20-30% due to short supply arising from flooding in Thailand, and will be hiked by 10%...
Monday 28 November 2011
Global HDD supply to be 35% short in 4Q11, say PC makers
Global supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) in the fourth quarter of 2011 will decrease to 110-130 million units due to the impact of flooding in Thailand, about 35% short of demand...
Friday 25 November 2011
Lower NAND prices to drive adoption of SSDs in 2H12, says Kingston
With NAND flash prices reaching the sweet spot, solid-state drives (SSDs) are expected to see adoption expand substantially in the second half of 2012, according to a Kingston Technology...
Friday 18 November 2011
DRAM spot prices stabilize on production cut plan, says inSpectrum
The overall price trend of the DRAM spot market finally stabilized this week (November 14-18) due to the recent announcement of Elpida's production cut plan after a sluggish performance...
Friday 18 November 2011
Seagate lowers 4Q11 target HDD shipments to 41-45 million units
Seagate Technology has downward adjusted its fourth-quarter 2011 shipment goals for hard disk drives (HDDs) to 41-45 million units due to the impact of flooding in Thailand, decreasing...
Friday 11 November 2011
Shipment forecast for HDD and PC lowered because of Thailand floods, says IDC
Widespread flooding is bringing unprecedented devastation to the people and economy of Thailand. With operations disrupted at more than a dozen hard disk drive (HDD) factories, damage...
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Taiwan motherboard makers expected to suffer 10-15% sequential decrease in 4Q11 shipments due to HDD shortage
Motherboard makers have been impacted by HDD shortages arising from flooding in Thailand since mid-October, and are expected to see their fourth-quarter shipments decrease 10-15%...
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Tripod conservative about 4Q11 outlook
PCB supplier Tripod Technology has expressed caution about the company's business outlook for the rest of 2011, citing supply chain disruptions caused by Thailand's floods.
Tuesday 8 November 2011
HDD supply gap to narrow as Nidec resumes some production
Japan-based hard disc drive (HDD) motor supplier Nidec, which contributes close to 75% of the global HDD motor shipments, has announced its Ayutthaya plants in Thailand have already...
Monday 7 November 2011
ODM PC supply may be 10% short in December 2011, 1Q12 due to HDD shortages, say PC vendors
The global ODM supply of PCs, due to short supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) arising from the flooding in Thailand, may be short of demand by 10% in December 2011 and the first quarter...
Friday 4 November 2011
PC vendors search for HDDs in gray markets due to shortages
Because of the increasing global shortage of hard disk drives arising from the flooding in Thailand, PC vendors have searched HDDs available for sale in gray markets, causing hikes...
Friday 4 November 2011
PC ODMs may be forced to stop production due to HDD shortages
Some PC ODMs may be forced to stop production beginning November due to hard disk drive (HDD) shortages, according to industry sources. Global HDD supply in the fourth quarter is...
Thursday 3 November 2011
Min Aik October revenues drop due to Thailand flooding
Min Aik Technology, which makes hard disk drive (HDD) components, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$557 million (US$18.4 million) for October, dropping 51.38% sequentially...