4Q20 HDD Market Down 14% Y/Y and Up 6% Q/Q
Yearly shipments -15% for leader Seagate and WD, -12% for Toshiba
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 12, 2021 at 2:18 pm
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In its SDAS: HDD Information Service, Preliminary 4CQ20 Quarterly Update, published on January, 2020, analyst company Trendfocus, Inc. wrote:
Preliminary 4CQ20 Results:
Client HDD Shipments Rise, Adding to Modest Enterprise Rise
to Lift Total HDD Shipments to Over 67 Million Units
4CQ20 preliminary WW HDD shipments
Vendor | Units |
Q/Q growth | Y/Y growth |
Market share |
Seagate | 27.70-28.20 | 7.3% – 9.2% | -15.4% -13.9% | 41.5% – 41.5% |
Toshiba | 14.30-14.50 | -1.8% – -0.4% | -12.2% – -11.0% | 21.4% – 21.4% |
WDC | 24.80 – 25.20 |
8.2% – 9.9% | -15.4% – -14.1% | 37.1% – 37.1% |
TOTAL | 66.80 – 67.90 |
5.5% – 7.3% | -14.8% -13.4% |
100% – 100% |
Comments
The 3 HDD manufacturers saw large Y/Y decline in HDD shipments but Q/Q slower growth except for Toshiba.
Seagate continues to lead the pack.