Have Hard Disk Drives Peaked?
Tom Coughlin answers.
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Have Hard Disk Drives Peaked?
Coughlin Associates estimates that overall shipments of HDDs in 2012 will be about 592 M (down about 5.2% from 2011). This estimate for 2012, combined with the drop in 2011 means that HDDs have experienced two consecutive years of shipment decline, a trend never seen in this industry. Does this mean that HDD shipments have peaked?