The capacity of hard drives would still be in this quarter for a large part been restored. According to manufacturers, is the production in this quarter amounted to eighty percent of the capacity of the Thai flooding was present.
After the floods that a large part of Thailand in October 2011, found, dropped down the production of hard drives significantly. In particular, Toshiba and Western Digital were severely affected and produced less drives. In Thailand is not only a large part of the hard drives put together, but also a number of suppliers located there. Gradually the production capacity of the harddiskfabrikanten restored, but this quarter would be the capacity does not exceed the eighty percent of the level before the floods come.
According to website Digitimes the production this quarter at 140 to 145 million units. In the quarter before the floods, the number of about 175 million units. In the next quarter, it is estimated 160 million hard drives will be produced, while only in the third quarter to the level of a year earlier would be withdrawn. The prices of hard drives would be until the end of 2012 another thirty to forty percent above the level before the floods stalled.