Western Digital (WD) came close to taking the lead in the global hard disk drive (HDD) market in 2009, but a surge in desktop sales kept Seagate in the lead for the year, according...
Jim Handy joined semiconductor market researchers at Objective Analysis after more than 30 years in the electronics industry that included 14 years as an industry analyst for Dataquest...
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) on April 14 unveiled its external hard disk drives (HDDs) for launch in the Taiwan market, including the portable X Mobile Drive...
Kingston Technology's shipments of low-priced solid-state drives (SSD) have nearly reached 30,000 units so far this month, according to industry sources. Along with Intel's push of...
Seagate Technology in the fourth quarter of 2009 maintained its perch at the top as the world's largest manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDD), fending off a strong challenge by perennial...
Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers repositioned themselves in this Great Recession, managing to show growth in 2009, according to a recently published report by The Information Ne...
After suffering a decline in 2009, global revenues from shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments...
The appearance of Apple's iPad may create tight supply of NAND flash and delay the transition to solid-state drives (SSD) in PCs, according to sources from hard drive makers.
Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) expects its subsidiary, the China-based channel retailer Orbbit, to apply for listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) in 2011, according to Orbbit...
Supply of 3.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) for use in desktops and servers has fallen short of demand and the tight supply is unlikely to ease until March 2010, according to Taiwan-based...
Toshiba is estimated to have grabbed a 13.2% share of the global hard disk drive (HDD) market following its takeover of Fujitsu's hard drive operations, according to industry sourc...
The global supply of hard disk drives (HDDs) for PC ODM makers has been tight due to rebounding demand in emerging markets in May-June 2009 and then in the US and Europe in July-August,...
Samsung Electronics has strengthened its lineup of 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs), following a similar move by Toshiba. Both companies now offer models featuring capacity up to...
Strengthening its line up of portable 1.8-inch hard drives for external storage markets, Samsung Electronics has announced its 250GB 1.8-inch hard disk drive, the Spinpoint N3U, which...
The tight supply of notebook hard drives is expected to continue throughout the third quarter, according to IC distributor GMI Technology and Weikeng Industrial, sales agents for...
