Anyone doing a bit of SSD shopping recently will likely have noticed that the deals have not been as bountiful as they once were, and prices seem to be on the rise. According to a newly-discovered letter from Western Digital to its partners, price rises for its entire flash and hard drive portfolio are set to continue to increase, due to higher than expected demand and supply chain "challenges".
The letter was originally discovered by TechNews.tw, and seems likely to have been for the eyes of Western Digital partners only (via Tom's Hardware). However, now it's been published in the open it seems indicative of not only Western Digital's plans for price rises in the flash drive and hard disc drive sectors, but the industry as a whole.
