Western Digital for the fourth quarter sold 59.2 million hard drives, and Seagate was content with 58 million units.
Seagate's revenue for the quarter was $ 3.7 billion ($ 3.8 billion for WD), net profit GAAP was $ 492 million ($ 335 million for WD), the rate of return was 27%. As the dividends were paid $ 1.1 billion total market capacity of hard drives, according to Seagate, in the fourth quarter decreased by 3% to 135 million units. This trend was mainly due to the decline in demand for notebooks, as in other segments of the market saw an increase in demand for hard disk drives.
The average capacity of hard drive shipped by Seagate, in the last quarter was 823 GB. The Company expects that the demand for devices running Windows 8 will revive the market for hard drives in the second half this year. Seagate Forecast , in 2015 hard drive manufacturers will increase capacity of products from existing developments,. Seagate is not afraid of SSD, as it believes in the future of hybrid drives in relation to the notebook market. In addition, the growing popularity of tablets also opens Seagate normal market opportunities - cloud storage system based on a traditional hard drive, relatively affordable and spacious. Related Products :
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