Western Digital company suffered the greatest damage from floods in Thailand, which significantly weakened the position of manufacturer in the final ranking. Seagate factory, on the contrary, are fine, thats why the damage from the disaster for the company was minimal. This allowed Seagate to become the leading supplier of hard drives in the last quarter.
In the final quarter last year, five major players in the industry shipped 123.3 million in aggregate storage, which is 30% lower than in the third quarter, when the volume of shipped hard drives reached 175.2 million. The share of Seagate accounts for 38% of the total (29% a quarter earlier), the share of Western Digital measured 23% against 33% in the third quarter 2011. All information contained in the table below.
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Shipments in Q4'11, million pieces |
Market share in Q4'11 |
Shipments in Q3'11, million pieces |
Market share in Q4'11 |
Seagate |
46.9 |
38% |
50.8 |
29% |
Western Digital |
5.28 |
23% |
57.8 |
33% |
Toshiba |
3.19 |
16% |
2.22 |
13% |
Hitachi GST |
2.17 |
14% |
9.31 |
18% |
Samsung |
3.11 |
9% |
5.12 |
7% |
Only |
123.3 |
100% |
175.2 |
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