Men prepare the disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Men prepare disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

A man holds disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Men prepare the burning disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Men throw burning disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Burning disks of maple wood lie in the fire during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Burning disks of maple wood are thrown during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Men throw burning disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

Men throw burning disks of maple wood during a traditional event to drive the winter out, in Ehrwald, Austria February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth 

The SanDisk branded Western Digital new iNAND 7350 mobile storage flash drive, built on 3D NAND, is displayed at the SanDisk stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna 

Thailand, the world’s second-largest hard drive maker, sees a surge in its hard disk drive (HDD) exports amid a decrease in electronic exports. 

Thailand, the world’s second-largest hard drive maker, sees a surge in its hard disk drive (HDD) exports amid a decrease in electronic exports. 

A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is seen in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A WD Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is seen in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A USB device is attached to Cellebrite UFED TOUCH, a device for the data extraction from mobile device such as mobile phone or smart phone, as it was demonstrated by Japanese electronics maker Sun Corp. during a photo opportunity at the company's Tokyo office in Tokyo March 30, 2016. Israel's Cellebrite, a subsidiary of Japan's Sun Corp and a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported on March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive box in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive box in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

Sandisk's new portable solid state drives are displayed at the Sandisk booth during the 2015 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2015. Computex, the world's second largest computer show, runs from June 2 to 6. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

A man poses holding a USB datastick in his hand in front of the Swiss flag in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, August 29, 2013. Picture taken August 29, 2013. To match Special Report GERMANY-SWISS/DATATHEFT REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone in Berlin, June 7, 2013. The debate over whether the U.S. government is violating citizens' privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

An IBM Central Processor Unit (CPU) is seen on a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) controller in Kiev, March 5, 2012. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: BUSINESS) 

THAILAND-FLOODS/HDD1 - (Replaces THAILAND-FLOODS/HDD sent earlier, with corrections to town names). Map locating recent flooding and major hard disk drive (HDD) factories in Thailand. With charts detailing how the flooding has hit global HDD production sector. RNGS. (SIN13) 

THAILAND-FLOODS/HDD1 - (Replaces THAILAND-FLOODS/HDD sent earlier, with corrections to town names). Map locating recent flooding and major hard disk drive (HDD) factories in Thailand. With charts detailing how the flooding has hit global HDD production sector. RNGS. (SIN13) 

Wong Wai-ming, Lenovo's chief financial officer, attends the Reuters China Investment Summit in Hong Kong November 14, 2011. Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC brand, aims to maintain its gross profit margin in coming quarters despite floods in Thailand disrupting hard disk drive supplies, Wong said on Monday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEADSHOT) 

A Lenovo Ultrabook is displayed during Reuters China Investment Summit in Hong Kong November 14, 2011. Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC brand, aims to maintain its gross profit margin in coming quarters despite floods in Thailand disrupting hard disk drive supplies, its chief financial officer said on Monday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Lenovo CFO Wong Wai-ming attends Reuters China Investment Summit in Hong Kong November 14, 2011. Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC brand, aims to maintain its gross profit margin in coming quarters despite floods in Thailand disrupting hard disk drive supplies, its chief financial officer said on Monday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Parts of discarded computers are displayed in the recycling department of Itautec SA, in Jundiai, April 20, 2011. According to the Brazilian company which manufactures consumer electronics, ATM machines and provides IT solutions, actively recycles e-waste. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A Western Digital Corporation hard drive is pictured here in Encinitas, California April 19, 2011. Western Digital Corporation
will announce their earnings April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A Samsung Electronics hard-disk-drive (HDD) is seen at an electric appliance store in Seoul, in this picture illustration taken April 18, 2011. Samsung Electronics Co may be looking to sell its hard-disk-drive business for $1.5 billion and Seagate Technology is one potential buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Truth Leem (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A salesperson holds a Samsung Electronics hard-disk-drive (HDD) at an electric appliance store in Seoul, in this picture illustration taken April 18, 2011. Samsung Electronics Co may be looking to sell its hard-disk-drive business for $1.5 billion and Seagate Technology is one potential buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Truth Leem (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A Samsung Electronics hard-disk-drive (HDD) is seen at an electric appliance store in Seoul, in this picture illustration taken April 18, 2011. Samsung Electronics Co may be looking to sell its hard-disk-drive business for $1.5 billion and Seagate Technology is one potential buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Truth Leem (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Samsung Electronics hard-disk-drives (HDD) are seen at an electric appliance store in Seoul, in this picture illustration taken April 18, 2011. Samsung Electronics Co may be looking to sell its hard-disk-drive business for $1.5 billion and Seagate Technology is one potential buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Truth Leem (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A Western Digital Corp's hard drive is seen at an electric appliance store in Tokyo, in this picture illustration taken March 8, 2011. Western Digital Corp's deal to pay $4.3 billion for Hitachi Ltd's hard disk drive business will arrest a margin-slicing price war and create a global leader with the resources to develop costly next-generation storage technology. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A Western Digital Corp's hard drive is seen at an electric appliance store in Tokyo, in this picture illustration taken March 8, 2011. Western Digital Corp's deal to pay $4.3 billion for Hitachi Ltd's hard disk drive business will arrest a margin-slicing price war and create a global leader with the resources to develop costly next-generation storage technology. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A Western Digital Corp's hard drive is seen at an electric appliance store in Tokyo, in this picture illustration taken March 8, 2011. Western Digital Corp's deal to pay $4.3 billion for Hitachi Ltd's hard disk drive business will arrest a margin-slicing price war and create a global leader with the resources to develop costly next-generation storage technology. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A Western Digital Corp's hard drive is seen at an electric appliance store in Tokyo, in this picture illustration taken March 8, 2011. Western Digital Corp's deal to pay $4.3 billion for Hitachi Ltd's hard disk drive business will arrest a margin-slicing price war and create a global leader with the resources to develop costly next-generation storage technology. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A package of Hitachi's Dskstar series hard disk drive is displayed at an electric appliance store in Tokyo March 8, 2011. Hitachi Ltd rose 2 percent on Tuesday after the Japanese electronics conglomerate agreed to sell its hard disk drive unit for $4.3 billion to Western Digital Corp. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A man coming down an escalator passes an advertisement for Hitachi in Tokyo March 8, 2011. Hitachi Ltd rose 2 percent on Tuesday after the Japanese electronics conglomerate agreed to sell its hard disk drive unit for $4.3 billion to Western Digital Corp. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A 4G LTE USB stick is pictured at the Vodafone exhibition stand at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 28, 2011. The world's largest IT fair CeBIT opens its doors on March 1 and runs through March 5. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY) 

A Lacie Little Big Disk external hard drive with Intel's Thunderbolt interface technology is shown during a press briefing in San Francisco, California February 24, 2011. The new high-speed interface, formerly known as Light Peak, will be made available to consumers today first with Apple's new line of Macbook Pro laptops. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

CEO of Victorinox, Carl Elsener, holds a Victorinox Secure Pro, a Swiss Army Knife incorporating a USB memory stick, during its launch in central London March 25, 2010. Victorinox say the data storage device is un-penetrable, with only the user's own fingerprint allowing access to data. REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado holds a memory stick and a book containing the Spanish Government's 2010 Budget during a traditional ceremony outside parliament in Madrid September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (SPAIN) 

An employee works at the assembly line of Positivo Computers, Brazil's largest computer producer, in Curitiba September 25, 2009. Unemployment in Brazil should fall to an all-time low of 6.7 percent by the end of the year from an average 8.1 percent expected for 2009 as companies increase hiring, said Mario Mesquita, the central bank's director of economic policy said. REUTERS/Cesar Ferrari (BRAZIL SCI TECH BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

A Hitachi Maxell hard disc for Super Hi-Vision (Ultra HD) television is displayed in front of a Hitachi television set at an electronic shop in Tokyo July 27, 2009. Loss-making Hitachi Ltd is preparing to absorb five listed units, two sources close to the matter said on Monday, in a move that could cost the electronics group 300 billion yen ($3.2 billion).
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Stacks of computers are seen as technicians dismantle Xerox machines inside an e-waste recycling factory in Mankhal, near Hyderabad July 17, 2009. A local environment group estimated in 2007 that India produces 150,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder (INDIA BUSINESS SCI TECH ENVIRONMENT) 

A model poses with the new SanDisk pSSD modular solid state drive storage (L) and the third generation solid state drive used in notebook computers during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. Computex, the world's second largest computer show, runs from June 2-6. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Finnish computer engineer Jerry Jalava displays a USB drive which he had installed in his prosthetic finger in Riihimaki in this picture taken March 23, 2009. Jalava lost half one of the ring finger on his left hand in a motorcycle accident last May and fitted a small memory stick under the nail of the prosthetic device. Picture taken March 23, 2009. REUTERS/Attila Cser (FINLAND ODDLY SCI TECH IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) 

A variety of flash drives by Sandisk are displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show CES Unveiled event in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2008. The show opens January 7th. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A woman displays new flash memory hard disks as an replacement for hard disk drives before the opening of the CeBIT computer fair in the northern German town of Hanover March 14, 2007. The world's largest computer and information technology fair CeBIT runs from March 15 to March 21, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) 

An external disk drive built in a sculpture is on display at the 'Internationale Funkausstellung' (IFA) 2006 consumer electronics fair in Berlin September 2, 2006. Until September 6, 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries attend the world's largest consumer electronics trade fair in the German capital. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY) 

An external disk drive built in a car miniature is on display at the 'Internationale Funkausstellung' (IFA) 2006 consumer electronics fair in Berlin September 2, 2006. Until September 6, 1,202 exhibitors from 40 countries attend the world's largest consumer electronics trade fair in the German capital. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY) 

Sony Corp. unveils the Vaio "Type A" notebook personal computer in Tokyo May 16, 2006. Sony said on Tuesday it would launch the world's first notebook PC equipped with a next-generation Blu-ray optical disk drive in Japan in June. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa 

Sony Corp. unveils the Vaio "Type A" notebook personal computer in Tokyo May 16, 2006. Sony said on Tuesday it would launch the world's first notebook PC equipped with a next-generation Blu-ray optical disk drive in Japan in June. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa 

Sony Corp. unveils the Vaio "Type A" notebook personal computer in Tokyo May 16, 2006. Sony said on Tuesday it would launch the world's first notebook PC equipped with a next-generation Blu-ray optical disk drive in Japan in June. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa 

Sony Corp. unveils Vaio "Type A" notebook personal computer in Tokyo May 16, 2006. Sony said on Tuesday it would launch the world's first notebook PC equipped with a next-generation Blu-ray optical disk drive in Japan in June. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa 

Fujitsu Corporate Executive Vice President and CFO Masamichi Ogura speaks at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo April 27, 2006. [Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. said on Thursday its annual net profit more than doubled, buoyed by its system integration and hard disk drive operations, and forecast growth for this year that matched market expectations.] 

Fujitsu Corporate Executive Vice President and CFO Masamichi Ogura speaks at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo April 27, 2006. Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. said on Thursday its annual net profit more than doubled, buoyed by its system integration and hard disk drive operations, and forecast growth for this year that matched market expectations. REUTERS/Toshiyuki Aizawa