HDD Market in 3Q21
Shipments of 66.2 million units, down 1.6% from 2Q21
By Jean Jacques Maleval | November 3, 2021 at 2:03 pmTo read this article from Forbes by Tom Coughlin, click on:
C3Q HDD Update
Total HDD shipments in 3Q21 were down 1.6% compared with 2Q21 (66.2 million vs. 67.4million).
2Q021 shipments were up 5.1% compared with 1Q21, 1Q21 shipments were down 8.8% compared with 4Q20, up 10.8% in 4Q20 from 3Q20, and up 8.3% in 3Q20 from 2Q20.
Total HDD storage capacity shipped in the last quarter was about 383EB.
There was a 5.3% average sales price increase in 3Q21 compared to 2Q021.
Projects total shipments of HDD storage capacity on an annual basis to 2026: