HDD makers seeking long-term supply contracts with PC makers

Although HDD vendors as well as makers in the HDD component supply chain have resumed operations recently, the pace of the recovery varies from factory to factory, indicated the sources, adding that it is difficult to say that the worst-case supply scenario is over.

Some PC vendors indicated that they have been buying HDDs on a quarterly basis previously, and are reluctant to sign long-term supply contracts, fearing that HDD prices may drop sharply once the supply chain recovers fully from the impact of the floods.