Western Digital continues to invest on the SSD. Still not to the general public, but perhaps soon...
If Western Digital seems to begin to see the end of the tunnel in Thailand for the production of hard drives, the constructor think to start on the growing market of disks to flash for the public memory. Indeed, we learn that Western Digital is about to set up a centre of R & D in Hsinchu (Taiwan) of 50 specialists whose work will be entirely devoted to the development of DSS.
Currently, Western Digital has already a centre of R & D of SSD in his headquarters in the United States with approximately 200 engineers, but the creation of this new unit of research and development demonstrated the willingness of the manufacturer to accelerate its deployment in the carrier market. However, the R & D of Hsinchu Department will be operational before ps about 1 year. If Western Digital is implementing this Department, it is also so if occupy the DSS of Hitachi GST, recently purchased, and the DSS appear on the market early 2012.
Western Digital explains that the selling prices of SSDS is currently the main brake on mass-market development, well that more and more products allow SSD to enter the market (such as the arrival of the ultrabooks). It is therefore too early to see Western Digital offer SSD to the grand public, but things continue to be put in place in this sense. Reminder, Western Digital has since mid-2009 of the DSS to professionals.
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