Chief Executive John Coyne said tablets such as Apple's (AAPL.O) iPad -- which use flash memory rather than hard-drive storage -- will reduce growth in shipments of low-end laptops and netbooks by 10 to 20 percent over the next few quarters.Source: Reuters
"What I would say to investors is to look at the long-term demand for storage, the fact is the most appropriate solution for mass volume storage is hard drives and to look at the long-term progress the industry has made over the last 10 years," Coyne told analysts on a conference call.
WD hit by flash demand
Posted on Wednesday, October 20 2010 @ 16:22 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck