"It is critical for HDD semiconductor suppliers to become mindful of end demand as volatile consumer markets grow to drive more and more HDD unit shipments," said Shane Rau, program manager, PC and Storage Semiconductors. "Consumer markets are also perilous for the growing conflict they represent between HDD storage and NAND flash memory storage."
Among the major technology trends discussed in IDC's latest forecast are the following:
-- System-in-Chip (SoC) will be increasingly adopted across all form factors
-- Perpendicular recording technology will take hold over the forecast period
-- NAND flash memory's adoption in portable devices will force small form factor drives to move into devices that require higher storage capacity than NAND can support economically
IDC's new report, Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Semiconductor 2005-2009 Forecast (IDC #34295) examines the worldwide HDD semiconductor market and opportunities by semiconductor type for the following HDD segments: enterprise, desktop, mobile and small form factor. The study also covers significant technology trends and provides recommendations to HDD component suppliers.
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