The manufacturer of hard drives and solid state drives Western Digital Corporation this week reported on this the results of the last quarter, completed the first of January this year. Revenues reached $ 3.3 bln., Net profit - $ 251 million. . Hard disk drive market share dropped to 43.2% against 43.4% a year earlier, the company sold during the period only 49.7 million Hard Drives, but the average sales price increased to $ 61. The profit rate does not exceed 27.3%.
The number of hard drives sold for use in desktop solutions for laptops sold worse than before, as well as products for consumer electronics. From the implementation of solid-state drives for corporate clients the company raised $ 270 million. Gradually increase the share of revenue from sales of products that are not related to the segment of the PC - it is now up to 65%. High capacity drives sold reached 1.39 TB.
Volume of The hard disk drives sales are being phased out.
WDC recognizes that in the last quarter the market dynamics have demonstrated expectations, summed up the corporate market segment , and game consoles. In the current quarter Western Digital Corporation expected, the world market to shrinks hard drives from 115 to 100 million. Products - mainly due to the game, and the segment of the PC market. Representatives WDC recognizes that solid state drives are beginning to push hard drives in the notebook segment. Related Products :
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