In the first quarter, manufacturers of hard disk drives have record high profits. It reached 9.6 billion dollars, which is the highest figure in the history of the industry. The previous record of $ 9.3 billion was recorded in the first quarter 2010.
The supply volume in quantitative terms in the first quarter totaled 145 million units. For comparison, in the third quarter 2011 prior to flooding, was shipped 174 million drives.
Restoration of supply to the previous level is expected in the third quarter of this year. Given that the average selling price is almost not reduced, it can be assumed that the current record will last for long - taking advantage of the situation, HDD manufacturers continue quarter after quarter to give such records.
Leader in the first quarter was Seagate Technology company, which has won 46% of the market. In second place - Western Digital with the index - 32%. Hitachi GST share amounted to 11%, Toshiba - also 11%. As in March, Hitachi GST company became part of Western Digital, Seagate Technology today share and Western Digital are almost equal. In total, these two manufacturers control 85-90% of the market that will allow them to monitor the price situation.