US EditionWestern Digital Announces HDD Price Hikes Effective Immediately
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Western Digital, one of the leading manufacturers of mechanical hard drives (HDD), announced an immediate increase in the prices of its entire product range. Thus, an unprecedented surge in demand, along with significant delays in the supply chain, are responsible for the immediate price increase of HDD storage units. However, this will also end up affecting SSDs. According to a report published by TrendForce, delivery times are already extendin…
Western Digital Announces HDD Price Hikes Effective Immediately
Industry insiders cited by TrendForce say wait times for HDDs now stretch to almost a year. This has pushed Western Digital to join other companies in raising storage prices across its whole HDD range. Western Digital becomes the third major storage maker to change its prices. SanDisk upped its NAND prices by 10%, while Micron froze its prices for a week. The company points to sky-high demand for all its HDD sizes as the reason for these gradual…
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