The largest flood for the last half century in Thailand will cause significant changes in the development of key sectors of the information industry. Analysts predict that by the end of the last quarter 2011 the volume of hard drives supplies will be reduced by 27.7% compared with the third quarter, which corresponds to 125 million units in quantitative terms. This reduction will be most significant in the fourth quarter 2008, when the fall was recorded at 21.2%.
Thailand is the second largest producer after China's of hard drive and a major supplier to produce the necessary components of these devices. ISuppli Experts estimate that about one third of all production capacity will be put out of action : drives will increase their costs by between 10 and 50% .
In the current situation in the fourth quarter with the first line of WD rating providers will move to the third position, Toshiba drops from fourth to fifth place. Despite the expected increase in demand for solid state drives, a massive shift to flash memory would be unlikely. Related Products :
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