Worldwide Hard Disk Drive 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: Shrugging Off Storage Technology Challengers

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
• Situation Overview
  • Hard Disk Drive Demand Drivers
  • Hard Disk Drive Average Price-per-Gigabyte History
  • Figure: Worldwide Average Price per Gigabyte of HDD Storage, 1998-2007
  • Hard Disk Drive Industry Structure
  • Figure: Worldwide Estimated HDD Industry TAM, 2008
  • Figure: Worldwide Ownership by HDD OEMs of Key HDD Component Manufacturing Capabilities and Remaining Independent Suppliers of Major HDD Components, 2006
  • Figure: Worldwide Ownership by HDD OEMs of Key HDD Component Manufacturing Capabilities and Remaining Independent Suppliers of Major HDD Components, 2007
  • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments by Vendor, 2006 and 2007: All HDD Form Factors
  • Table: Worldwide HDD Revenue by Vendor, 2006 and 2007: All HDD Form Factors
• Future Outlook
  • Forecast and Assumptions
    • Assumptions
    • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Market, 2008-2012
    • Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Forecast
    • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments by Major Application, 2004-2012 (000)
    • Table: Worldwide HDD Revenue by Major Application, 2004-2012 ($M)
      • Risks to Forecast
      • Hard Disk Drive Technology
      • Figure: Worldwide PMR and GMR HDD Shipments Share of Total HDD Shipments by Year After Technology Introduction
      • Figure: Worldwide Commercialized HDD Leading Edge Areal Density, 1998-2007
      • Hard Disk Drive ASP Erosion
      • Competing Storage Technologies to Hard Disk Drives
    • HDD Market Overview
      • Enterprise Applications - Small and Speedy or Supersized?
      • Table: Worldwide Enterprise-Class HDD Price per Gigabyte, 1998-2007
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments for Enterprise Applications by HDD Form Factor, 2007-2012 (000)
      • PC Market - The Shift to Mobility and the Implication for HDDs
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments and Revenue for PC Applications, 2007-2012
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments for Portable PCs by HDD Form Factor, 2007-2012 (000)
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments for Desktop PCs by HDD Form Factor, 2007-2012 (000)
      • Personal Storage - The 2007-2012 HDD Growth Engine
      • Figure: Worldwide Personal Storage Device Installed Base Share of Home and Small Business/Small Office PC Installed Base, Years
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments for Personal Storage Devices by HDD Form Factor, 2007-2012 (000)
      • Consumer Electronics Products - All About Video
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments for Consumer Electronics Applications, 2007-2012 (000)
      • Table: Worldwide HDD Revenue for Consumer Electronics Applications, 2007-2012 ($M)
    • HDD Form Factor Outlook
    • Table: Worldwide Mobile-Class 1.0in. and 1.3in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide Mobile-Class 1.8in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide Mobile-Class 2.5in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide Desktop-Class 3.5in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide Enterprise-Class 2.5in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide Enterprise-Class 3.5in. HDD Analysis, 2007-2012
    • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments by Capacity Range, 2007-2012: All HDD Form Factors
  • Market Context
  • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments and Revenue, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
  • Figure: Worldwide HDD Shipments and Revenue, 2005-2012: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Forecasts
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Definitions
    • Areal Density
    • Average Sales Price or Average Unit Price
    • Hard Disk Drives
    • Disks/Platters
    • Hard Disk Drive Gigabytes and Terabytes
    • Performance-Optimized HDDs
    • Capacity-Optimized HDDs
    • Server Blades
    • Solid State Drives
    • Unit Shipments
    • Value of Shipments
  • IDC System Classifications
    • Traditional Computing Applications
      • Enterprise Storage Systems
      • Portable PCs
      • Desktop PCs
      • Personal Storage Devices
      • Traditional Workstations
      • Industrial/Commercial Applications
    • Consumer Electronics
      • Digital Video Applications
      • Automotive Applications
      • Digital Camcorders
      • Portable Media Players
  • Appendix: HDD Shipments and Revenue, 2006-2012
  • Table: Worldwide HDD Shipments Analysis: Consumption by HDD Form Factor, 2006-2012 (000)
  • Table: Worldwide HDD Revenue Analysis: Consumption by HDD Form Factor, 2006-2012 ($M)
  • Synopsis