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Thursday 5 March 2026

Beyond EMS: Lens Technology ships PCIe 5.0 enterprise SSDs, moves into AI data center storage

Lens Technology said SSDs assembled for enterprise NVMe storage supplier DERA have entered mass shipment at its facility in the Xiangtan...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Thailand's BOI approves WD project to develop HAMR hard drives

Thailand's Board of Investment (BoI) has approved a THB2.3 billion (US$73.81 million) research and development project for WD's Thai unit, Western Digital Storage Technology (Thailand)...

Saturday 14 February 2026

WD says 2026 capacity sold out as HDD prices post sharpest rise in two years

Hard disk drive (HDD) contract prices rose approximately 4% sequentially following the conclusion of fourth-quarter 2025 negotiations,...

Monday 15 December 2025

HDD prices see largest increase in eight quarters, with surging demand in China and US markets

The traditional hard disk drive (HDD) market experienced a rare sharp price surge in recent years. In contract price negotiations for the fourth quarter of 2025, HDD product prices...

Friday 7 November 2025

HDD delivery delays extend to 2 years as QLC NAND capacity sells out early

The surge in storage demand driven by AI servers has caused a severe shortage of traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), with delivery times reportedly extending beyond two years. Major...

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Historic memory shortages across DRAM, NAND, SSD, HDD, says Adata chairman

As the memory industry rides the AI boom, cloud service providers (CSPs) are placing orders that upstream memory foundries were unprepared for. Adata's chairman, Simon Chen, confirmed...

Thursday 2 October 2025

Western Digital plans US$1 billion investment in Japan, building on decades of local partnerships

Western Digital (WD), the world's largest hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturer, announced plans to invest US$1 billion in Japan over the next five years to strengthen next-generation...

Thursday 25 September 2025

Memory shortage drives BT substrate orders, boosting 4Q25 growth momentum

The memory market shortage has reignited a new wave of price increases. As supply tightens for NAND flash storage memory, traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives...

Tuesday 16 September 2025

CSPs' shift to eSSDs set to cause QLC NAND Flash shortage by 2026

The increasing demand for big data storage driven by artificial intelligence data centers is expected to intensify a supply shortage of QLC NAND Flash memory, potentially resulting...

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Sony to double HAMR semiconductor laser production capacity for HDDs

According to Nikkei, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, the semiconductor division of Sony Group, is set to double the production capacity of its semiconductor lasers designed...

Saturday 8 March 2025

CFTC back on growth track in 2Q25 thanks to high-margin new products

China Fineblanking Technology Co. (CFTC), the leading high-precision stamping manufacturer, reported revenue of NT$157 million (US$4.9 million) for February 2025, bringing its total...

Friday 19 April 2024

CFTC to embrace growth in 2024, with steady automotive and rising HDD orders

As the global EV market experiences a slowdown, and even market leader Tesla is forced to begin layoffs, high-end precision stamping company China Fineblanking Technology (CFTC) has...

Wednesday 27 March 2024

Fresh SSD, HDD applications revitalize storage market

Back in the 2010s, hard disk drives (HDD) were considered a product that would be phased out in the 2020s in favor of solid-state drives (SSD). However, the popularity of cloud services,...

Monday 25 March 2024

Generative AI and HAMR will drive next wave of growth for traditional hard disk drives

SSDs have benefited greatly from the development of 3D NAND flash memory technology, which has led to continuous growth in data density and capacity.

Friday 5 January 2024

CFTC eyes revenue growth in 2024, driven mainly by auto products

With rising demand for automotive-related components and the addition of small-volume shipments of textile machinery-related products starting in 2024, the Taiwan-based high-end precision...

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