Assocaite reported the number of shipped hard drives by four major manufacturers of hard drives in the final period this year.
The number of shipped hard drives, ml |
Manufacturer |
Third quarter 2011 |
4th quarter 2011 |
Western Digital |
58 |
22-26 |
Seagate Technology |
50 |
41-45 |
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies |
31-32 |
20 |
Toshiba |
22 |
12 |
In the fourth quarter the total HDD demand is estimated at 180 million units, while the manufacturers can provide no more than 110-120 million storage devices, which is one third less than the required amount. Related Products :
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