OCZ scales up SSD Production in response to hard drive shortage.

http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_announces_plans_scale_ssd_production

by gglanzani • 15 years ago

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baq• 15 years ago

...which is the obvious thing to do, given that $/GB doubled for hdds in the last few weeks.

epscylonb• 15 years ago

Anything that could push ssd prices down in the long run is good news.

I am really hoping MicroSoft and Sony decide to put an SSD in their upcoming consoles, that kind of volume would help lower prices too.

rs• 15 years ago

Well, once the factories in Thailand are back online next year (read somewhere, can't find the link, sorry), wouldn't it make the scaling redundant ?

marcf• 15 years ago

There are economies of scale for SSDs. Thus if there is more demand, you can afford to build out the costly infrastructure to create the SSDs at a lower cost because of the volume.

Expect that a significant percentage of the HDD market to never shift back from SSDs even after the factories come on line.

pasbesoin• 15 years ago

The problem as described has a long enough timeframe that I expect to see production shifted out of Thailand -- or at least away from low-lying areas. (Production facilities are, as I understand it, deliberately relatively disposable, these days. Were I responsible, I would not risk a repeat -- especially in light of news and predictions regarding climate change. I would also want to start rebuilding capacity now or as soon as possible, as opposed to in X months.)

A subsequent question may be, then, will this shift be of existing, mechanical drive production, or to some significant degree into SSD's?

I don't know about the ownership of parent companies and the remaining value in existing equipment -- and time to restore it -- vs. new capital investment, to make a specific prediction. The Thais also provide some skilled labor; unfortunately (for them), I don't see that -- in my pure, relatively uninformed guestimate -- as predominating in decisions that are made.

gglanzani• 15 years ago

I'd say they probably hope to have pushed prices down and thus having more demand than this year.

adestefan• 15 years ago

I hope the QC doesn't drop even further for OCZ products. I've had decent luck with them, but I've heard horror stories from others.

OCZ scales up SSD Production in response to hard drive shortage.

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