by John Chen | Apr 26, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
Intel made several Optane product announcements over the past couple of weeks, including high-end NVMe-based add-in-cards targeting enterprise servers. Optane is the commercial product name for 3D XPoint (pronounced “cross point”), next generation non-volatile storage...
by Mark Geenen | Jan 12, 2017 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
CQ4 is history, and preliminary results have starting rolling in. All the data suggests that PC sales were better than expected, and unit shipments were up sequentially in CQ4. This fueled ODM builds and HDD shipments, as both segments posted flat to higher results,...
by John Chen | Oct 19, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
2016, supposedly the year of virtual reality, or VR, has been relatively quiet. Hype-generating announcements, such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, essentially targeted the high-end of VR, offering cutting-edge experiences as long as users had the requisite high-end...
by Mark Geenen | Jun 16, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
In the past, good news for HDD companies was usually linked to higher PC sales. However, this time, the good news comes from an unlikely source, the competition. The rapid takedown of SSD prices during the last two years have led to accelerating SSD attach rates in...
by Mark Geenen | Feb 23, 2016 | TRENDFOCUS Blog
HDD unit shipments dipped below 115 million in the fourth calendar quarter of 2015 due to weak PC sales and impact of SSD incursion in notebook computers. For the year, HDD sales were down 16.9% to 469 million units according to TRENDFOCUS’ CQ4 HDD Market Update....
