Nidec company was able to restore operation of its factory for the production of motors, and the public is prepared to talk about reducing the deficit and the return of hard disk industry to normal.
According to analyst, the world price of hard drives in the contract market rose by 10 to 60 per cent . The expert urged the leading manufacturers of personal computers, Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo to be prepared for an acute shortage of storage. According to analysts, Barclays, due to lack of hard disk drives forecast of growth rates in the world market for computers was adjusted from 7.2% to 4.3%.
Analyst said that in the fourth-quarter demand for hard drives is estimated at 180 million units, while producers will be able to put only 100-120 million. This will reduce the number of PC sales, according to different estimates by 5-10 million units. In the first quarter next year, situation will not improve: the market is also experiencing a shortage of 60-80 million hard drives.