Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Storage winners and losers in Trump's <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a>-happy world</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> tariffs to heavily impact <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a>, increasing costs<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seagate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagate</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Toshiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toshiba</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WesternDigital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternDigital</span></a> have different supply chains, but subject to risks of substantial tariffs, particularly on drives produced in China (124%), Malaysia (24%), Philippines (17%), and Thailand (36%).</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NAND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAND</span></a> fabricated in Japan or Singapore but diced, tested, and packaged in China, the SSD origin is very likely to be considered China. <br><a href="https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/04/07/storage-and-trump-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blocksandfiles.com/2025/04/07/</span><span class="invisible">storage-and-trump-tariffs/</span></a></p>