Scot – Great questions and I would be happy to collaborate!

You are in a better position that most to answer a question that comes to mind with the latest situation of “and then there were three” in the HDD business — acquisitions / consolidations.
Obviously, there are currently too many players in the SSD market, and as yet it is not quite resulting in as low of price points as one might expect with this much “competition”.

Who do you see as the “survivors’? Who do you see as the prime candidates for “acquistion” or maybe even “merger of equals”? Do you see any of the three remaining players in the HDD segment becoming a significant player in the SSD segment? Western Digital and Seagte both have development teams in SSD technology. Will they attempt to “fast track” their way into the market via the acquisition route?

Maybe you could team up with one of the contributors here for a “Q & A” article? (volunteering!)