Buried in the details of Seagate’s Q4 earnings report released yesterday are three very interesting facts:
- 132 million units shipped industry-wide during the quarter, essentially flat from the year-ago quarter
- Over the last year, average GB shipped rose 45%
- 55 mobile computing drives shipped, up 23% year-over-year
Disk drive demand imploded six months ago, with many seeing multiple years of flat demand ahead. Instead, last quarter’s numbers show that demand at least for now is already back to where it was at this time last year.
Not only that, but capacity shipped actually increased – by close to 50%.
What happened? The economy slowed down, but data growth didn’t. Storing that data remains important to businesses and consumers.
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