SSD Prices Could Increase Following Western Digital Material Contamination
Solid-state drives, or SSDs, are favored among gamers for their fast speeds, used in gaming PCs and consoles alike. Last year, SSD prices were moderate, with fears that chip shortages could increase the price of storage devices this year. Now, those concerns have been amplified after Western Digital announced a huge loss of NAND flash memory in a contamination incident at two of its fabrication facilities. Western Digital specializes in hard disk drives and data storage solutions, offering consumer and enterprise products....