Analyst firm IDC has prepared a new forecast for the hard drives and solid state drives markets. While both markets have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook looks good, analysts say, as storage demand remains strong in many areas. Global hard drive shipments are expected to grow at...
The demand for hard drives has increased significantly recently due to the mining of the Chia cryptocurrency, which has caused a serious shortage and a rise in retail prices. In an effort to meet this demand, Seagate and Western Digital are expanding their production of high-capacity hard drives by increasing...
Seagate has released a special version of the FireCuda 520 PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive, the designers of which were inspired by the game Cyberpunk 2077. The novelty differs from the base model with a heatsink and packaging. Only 2077 of such drives will be produced. The custom neon yellow...
Seagate claims that its unique Mach.2 dual hard drives are cheaper to manufacture than traditional HDDs. The company has found that the technology behind the new drives is cutting manufacturing costs. Recall that the drives under discussion contain two independent sets of platters and heads inside, that is, in fact,...
Seagate has finally added an unusual Mach.2 Exos 2X14 hard drive to its website and revealed its specifications. Mach.2 disks originally appeared in the company’s range back in 2019, but even now they are not available in retail and are focused on data centers. The uniqueness of the Mach.2 Exos...
The source cited new data from a report by analyst firm Trendfocus relating to the hard disk drive market in the first quarter of 2021. The updated figures by manufacturer are very close to the preliminary figures that were released in April. In short, Segate shipped 27.54 million HDDs, giving...
Seagate has published its regular quarterly report. Like many other companies, Seagate has a different fiscal year. In this case, we are talking about the report for the third quarter of the 2021 fiscal year, which ended on April 2. Seagate’s revenue for the reporting period was $ 2.731 billion....
Analyst company Trendfocus has released a report for the first quarter, which summarizes data on shipments of hard disk drives. According to analysts’ estimates, 62.75-64.85 million drives were shipped during the reporting period. This is 7.5-10.5% less than in the previous quarter, and 4.1-7.2% less in annual terms, that is,...
Specialists of the analytical company Trendfocus summed up the results of the fourth quarter of 2020 and the year in general in the market of hard disk drives. During the quarter, about 70 million drives were shipped with a total volume of 266 EB. Deliveries increased by 11% compared to...
Seagate Technology has published its regular quarterly report. In the accounting department of a well-known drive manufacturer, the second quarter of the 2021 fiscal year ended on January 1. Revenue for the reporting period was $ 2.623 billion. Over the year this indicator has decreased, but not significantly. A year...
The growing volume of data generated in the world is prompting storage companies to develop appropriate technologies. Seagate, which recently launched a 20TB hard disk drive, has confirmed its previous plan – the manufacturer expects to increase the volume of such drives to 30TB and even 50TB in the...
More than 67 million hard disk drives were shipped in the last quarter. This is 6% more than in the third quarter of 2020, but 14% less in annual terms. Such data is contained in a report prepared by experts of the analytical company Trendfocus. According to analysts, Seagate, the...
