Toshiba Exec Says SSDs Can Never Replace HDDs
Blocks&Files, January 18th, 2023
A Toshiba exec has argued that hard disk drives are essential to store data in several market areas because SSDs are ill-suited to the job, costing more and with limited manufacturing capacity.
Citing TrendFocus numbers, Toshiba Electronics Europe exec Rainer Kaese said: '259 million HDDs were shipped last year - a case in point. Their total capacity reached 1.338 zettabytes, an increase of almost one-third compared to 2020. Never before have HDDs been shipped with more combined storage capacity.'
That is so but the unit shipment numbers are flat. Statista says 258.9 million units were shipped in 2021, which was 2 percent less than 2020's 260.3 million units. Back in 2010, there were 650 million disk drives shipped.