Lots of pressure on HDD prices.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3341336/computers/solid-state-drive-prices-get-even-more-ridiculous-this-240gb-ssd-is-just-30.amp.html
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LOL!&*@$
I will not be spending $30 on 240gb any time soon, when I can buy a 1T hdd for $45.00, or 2T for $55.00.
Thanks anyway.
@XFaBlwx-6kzv -- Don't know if you're serious or not but fingers crossed!
When HAMR hits the market we will regain marketshare not only from WD HDD but also SSD. Final customer qual ongoing.
No doubt client HDD will be the thing in ther past. STX and WDC will survive in the cloud. Heck, the 2 will even merge. Either no HDD or monopoly.
HDD still preferred by enterprise and hyperconveged customers that want high capacity(>10TB) with low price. On the lower end surveillance would still prefer HDD over SSD. Plus our SSD is comingout strong to take some revenue share and this would offset some revenue lost from HDD.
i'm already using 1TB ssd at home. I never thought this day would come so soon. with QLC tech, ssd price is going to drop even more.
Will not be surprise at all to see Ravi taking over DM as the CEO since he is now also running Corporate Strategy. He can definitely cut STX to the bone much like what he did to IT.
Ravi would be awesome! He can put the IT in DM's IT 4.0.
It's over for HDD. No growth only decline. DM will be asked to leave by activist investor, a Ravi type of cost cutter will be put in his place and it will be all about extracting as much cash as possible for investors.
You have not been paying attention. IT 4.0 will create a demand for storage and there will not be enough storage in the world to satisfy this demand. NAND fabs are too expensive to build to meet demand and HDD will save the world. It does not matter how cheap nand gets. duh
Wow. That's a good price. No reason for a consumer or biz to buy HDD except for high capacity applications for the next 2 years. After that then all SSD.
I just bought one 512 gb for 70usd (transcend)
This is where one of the STX HR trolls on here say the future is bright for STX and there won't be layoffs. 700m revenue drop over 2 quarters, SSD prices dropping and catching up or beating HDD when counting total cost of ownership, roadmap has a fraction of programs compared to a few years ago, SSD not getting traction at all, on and on.
Future is dim, stop lying
That's below cost for a 500gb hdd
Game over soon.