theregister.co.uk - 11/24/2008
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Comment Western Digital is open to entering the solid state drive (SSD) market when it presents "appropriate opportunity." Richard Rutledge, Western Digital's SVP for marketing, clarified the position on SSDs. He set the scene thus: "Western Digital enters markets that exist, announces products ...
electronista.com - 11/26/2008
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electronista.com —
Micron has developed an extremely fast solid-state drive
that could set new records for internal storage and
shown the drive in an early test. The claimed new breakthrough in storage uses two SSDs with 16 data channels for the flash memory to genera...
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Micron demos 1GB per second SSD
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Western Digital: “We’ll do SSDs when we feel like it”
CrunchGear —
... , Western Digital doesn’t see a market to enter in the form of SSDs right now. They’re open to it, and eventually will make their mark, but at the moment it’s not compelling to them. I love this quote from one of their head marketing guys that makes it sound like the company runs on clockwork: ...
Western Digital does not believe in SSDs, Santa Claus
Engadget —
... The holidays are upon us and, at a time when many are set to celebrate their faiths and beliefs, Western Digital's Senior VP for Marketing Richard Rutledge is clarifying one of his company's: now is not the right time for SSDs. Apparently WD only "enters markets that ...
WD Buys SiliconSystems, Enters SSD Market
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... SiliconSystems for $65 million in cash, thus entering the solid-state drive (SSD) market via acquisition. Just last November, WD was still cautious on SSDs (to say the least) saying :“Western Digital enters markets that exist, announces products when they are available, and runs a tight model with opportunities greater than resources such that we take a controlled, methodical, sequential, incremental approach to product portfolio expansion.” In other words, at the time WD didn’t feel there was a market for SSDs, or perhaps a large enough one. However, SiliconSystems delivers ...
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