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Hard disk shipments reach new record level
Hard drive shipments reached a new record at the end of 2005, with the industry shipping 103.4 million units in the fourth quarter of last year. This is an increase of 8.3 percent from 95.4 million in the third quarter, and up 20.9 percent from 85.5 million in Q4 of 2004. The shipments for the end of 2005 were boosted by strong demand from the consumer electronics market, such as from devices like MP3 players and Personal Media Players. Healthy notebook sales also contributed to the high levels of shipments.
Despite much speculation that Flash memory could threaten the existence of 1" harddrives, hard drive suppliers posted one of their best years ever with "practically every" hard drive maker being in the black in Q4, iSuppli said. Seagate and Western Digital reported record revenues and healthy net incomes. Hitachi GST reported a profitable quarter after a string of net losses. Both Fujitsu's and Toshiba's parent companies stated that their hard disk divisions generated healthy returns, according to the market research firm.
Despite much speculation that Flash memory could threaten the existence of 1" harddrives, hard drive suppliers posted one of their best years ever with "practically every" hard drive maker being in the black in Q4, iSuppli said. Seagate and Western Digital reported record revenues and healthy net incomes. Hitachi GST reported a profitable quarter after a string of net losses. Both Fujitsu's and Toshiba's parent companies stated that their hard disk divisions generated healthy returns, according to the market research firm.
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User Comments (3)
Post a comment| barfarf on February 23, 2006 9:34 AM | Where are all the posts? Well i am still hoping for 20g flash player. For cheap that is. Flash mp3 players would use less battery so battery life would increase.
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| crossfire851 on February 24, 2006 10:16 PM | I was at my local Best Buy store and all there hard drives were gone. The guy working there said they have been selling fast, but many people were also returning them just as offten because not knowing how to install them and fear of running them.
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| DragonMaster on February 24, 2006 10:29 PM | I was at my local Best Buy store and all there hard drives were gone. Hope you're not getting your hardware there : Makes part of "How to Waste Money 101" -- Local stores often sell muuuch cheaper than these.
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