It's Taken a Full Year, But Hard-Disk Production Back to Full Strength in Thailand

According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, hard-drive sales have rebounded, driven by demand in the enterprise market as well as the upcoming arrival of the Windows 8 operating system next month.

HDD shipments in 2012 for the overall computer market, including PCs, are forecast to reach 524 million drives, up 4.3 percent from 502.5 million units last year, according to an IHS report.

Hard-drive prices, however, will remain high, and prices are not expected to fall to pre-flood levels until 2014, IHS stated in a report earlier this year.

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