Posted on Monday, 14 November 2011

Thailand Flooding Makes one thing Solid State

In a recent conversation with my vendor I was told to be prepared for hard drive price increases upward of 60%. The first thing that crossed my mind was that this would bring mechanical drives right in line with solid state devices. This could be the ticket to drive the prices of the solid state devices downward and may be the beginning of the end for traditional drives.

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Hard Drive Shortage: Time to Go Solid State?

2011 will likely be remembered as the year of natural disasters.  The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan, a more recent earthquake in Turkey, Hurricane Irene even left a huge mark on our home state of Vermont. One of the latest environmental emergencies is having a direct impact on the PC industry. Thailand has been enduring major flooding as a result of a monsoon since July  and over the past few weeks numerous reports have emerged concerning manufacturing facilities for  hard disk drives and their sub components. Western Digital in particular has seen one of their largest manufacturing facilities shut down entirely due to these floods.

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