The structure of demand for hard disks is now such that customers are increasingly purchasing large capacity drives that are used in server systems and "cloud" storage. Demand for PCs is falling, and in this segment, classic hard drives continue to give way to solid-state drives, which are still more expensive, but much faster. Manufacturers of hard drives are forced to reduce staff and close enterprises.
Now, according to the resource The Register , Seagate has filed an application with the US regulators with the intention to close the research center in South Korea, where since 2013 nearly 300 people worked. This development center was associated with the creation of 2.5 "drives." As we have already noted, solid-state drives are gaining popularity in this form factor, and the producers have to concentrate their scientific potential on problems of increasing the recording density on magnetic plates of 3.5 "size, so the Korean center was" on the sidelines Progress ". This stage of restructuring Seagate expects to be completed before the end of the current fiscal year.
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