The western data WD set up the research and development centre in Taiwan
Data of the west of hard disk manufacturer WD Announce that sets up SSD solid hard disk, Solid State Drive in Taiwan Research and development centre, stay in Hsinchu, capital cost is about several million dollars, it is estimated that the first season of 2012 is started, solicit 50 people in Taiwan, wait for semiconductor and seal, examine industry, cooperate closely with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co..
This counts, overseas first SSD research and development centre beyond the American general headquarters in the west, the high-order is in charge of the solid state and store a reputable Vice President and chief manager Michael J. Hajeck and project Vice President Nader Salessi of management department visit the platform, Michael J specially. Hajeck shows, having an optimistic view of digital content will explode and grow up 44 times in 10 years, come to Taiwan to make the investment and expand and research and develop manpower, meet enterprise’s customer’s demand.
Michael J. Hajeck say, it is estimated the intersection of engaging and 50 speciality research and develop manpower, laboratory and relevant to invest in the 12~18 month, the amount of money is among several million dollars; The American general headquarters SSD research and develop about 200~250 people of manpower at present, Taiwan accounts for about twenty percent researching and developing manpower.
The whole world research and develop 704 million dollars of investment amount several this years in the west, quite 21,100 million Taiwan dollars; SSD market scale topped 2 billion dollars in 2011 ‘ About 60 billion Taiwan dollars ,It is estimated that would be close to 17 billion dollars in 2015, among them the market value of last year of enterprise’s market is less than 1 billion dollars, but would be up to 8 billion dollars in 2015, it will be the pancake that WD will be caught tightly.