The Hard Disk Drive Industry: Market Analysis And Processing Trends

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Disk Drive Market Infrastructure

Chapter 2: The Disk Drive Industry

• 2.1 Hard Disk Drive Trends
• 2.2 Hard Disk Form Factors
• 2.3 Hard Disk Drive Market Analysis
  • 2.3.1 Desktop PCs
  • 2.3.2 Portable PCs
  • 2.3.3 Enterprise
  • 2.3.4 Consumer Electronics
• 2.4 Competitive Structure
  • 2.4.1 HDD Market Share
  • 2.4.2 Solid-State Drives (SSD)
  • 2.4.3 Hybrid Hard Drives (HHD)

Chapter 3 The Media Market

• 3.1 Industry Trends
• 3.2 Media Profiles
• 3.3 Media Market Supplier Shares

Chapter 4 The Substrate Market

• 4.1 Platter Substrate Materials
  • 4.1.1 Aluminum Disks
  • 4.1.2 Glass Disks
• 4.2 Substrate Market
• 4.3 Substrate Suppliers
• 4.4 Glass Substrate Supplier Shares

Chapter 5 Recording Heads

• 5.1 Thin Film Read/Write Heads
  • 5.1.1 Thin Film (TF) Heads
  • 5.1.2 Magnetoresistive (MR/AMR) Heads
  • 5.1.3 Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) Heads
  • 5.1.4 Colossal Magnetoresistive (CMR) Heads
  • 5.1.5 Current-Perpendicular-To-Place (CPP) Heads
  • 5.1.6 Ballistic Magnetoresistance (BMR) Heads
• 5.2 Trends
• 5.3 Recording Head Market Forecast

Chapter 6 Processing Trends And Markets

• 6.1 Head Processing
  • 6.1.1 Head Fabrication - CMP, Deposition, Lithography
    • 6.1.1.1 CMP Challenges
    • 6.1.1.2 Lithography Challenges
• 6.2 Patterned Magnetic Media
  • 6.2.1 Conventional Media
  • 6.2.2 Patterned Media
• 6.3 Market Analysis Of Discrete Track Media
  • 6.3.1 The Perpendicular Recording Movement
  • 6.3.2 A Blurry Roadmap From Hdd Manufacturers
  • 6.3.3 Analogy From The Semiconductor Industry
  • 6.3.4 A Blurry Roadmap From Equipment Suppliers
  • 6.3.5 Cost of Ownership (CoO) Analysis
• 6.4 CMP Slurry Market
  • 6.4.1 Ceria Slurry For Glass Disk Market
  • 6.4.2 Oxide Slurry For Metal Disk Market
  • 6.4.3 Oxide Slurry For Thin Film Head Market

LIST OF FIGURES

• 1.1 Hard Disk Drive Infrastructure
• 2.1 Hard Disk Drive Roadmap
• 2.2 Decrease In Average Price Of Storage
• 2.3 Disks Per Drive 2000- 2007
• 2.4 Increase In Areal Density
• 2.5 HDD Market Forecast By Form Factor
• 2.6 HDD Market Percentages By Form Factor
• 2.7 </= 1.8 inch HDD Market Forecast
• 2.8 Single Platter HDD Forecast
• 2.9 Single Platter HDD As Percentage Of Total
• 2.10 HDD Forecast For Computer Sectors
• 2.11 HDD Forecast For Consumer Sectors
• 2.12 HDD Supplier Market Shares - 2007
• 3.1 HDD Media Structure
• 3.2 Market Shares Of Media Suppliers - 2007
• 3.3 Market Shares Of Independent Media Suppliers - 2007
• 4.1 HDD Platter Demand
• 4.2 HDD Shipment Forecast By Media Type
• 4.3 HDD Shipments By Media Type As Percentage Of Total
• 4.4 Glass Substrate Market Shares - 2008
• 5.1 Detailed Structure Diagram Of A GMR Head Assembly
• 5.2 (A) CIP Recording Head Structure (B) CPP Head Structure
• 5.3 Evolution Of Slider/Air Bearing Surface
• 5.4 Evolution Of HDD Recording Head Formats
• 5.5 Market Forecast Of Recording Head Consumption
• 5.6 Heads Per Drive Forecast
• 5.7 Market Share Of Head Suppliers - 2007
• 6.1 Thin Film Head Structure
• 6.2 Critical Features In Thin Film Head Structure
• 6.3 Spin Valve Head Structure
• 6.4 Cross-Sectional View TFH Stacks
• 6.5 Cross-Sectional View Of A TFH Design
• 6.6 CMP Slurry System For TFH Wafer Polishing
• 6.7 Critical Feature Trends In Thin Film Heads
• 6.8 Conventional Multigrain Media
• 6.9 Patterned Media
• 6.10a Fabrication Of Patterned Media
• 6.10b Fabrication Of Patterned Media
• 6.11 Nanoimprint Lithography Fabrication Of DTR Media
• 6.12 Hitachi' s Technology Roadmap
• 6.13 Seagate' s Technology Roadmap
• 6.14 Samsung' s Technology Roadmap
• 6.15 Magnetic Materials For DTR
• 6.16 Example Of A Thin Film Stack For DTR
• 6.17 Nanoimprint Lithography Process
• 6.18 DTR Film Deposition Alternatives
• 6.19 Ion Beam Etching Processes
• 6.20 Planariztion By Etchback
• 6.21 Total Slurry Consumption For HDD Forecast

LIST OF TABLES

• 2.1 Form Factors For Consumer Applications Of HDD
• 3.1 Substrate Materials Of Media Suppliers
• 4.1 Worldwide Glass Disk Capacity
• 6.1 Cost Of Ownership Assumptions
• 6.2 Cost Of Ownership Analysis
• 6.3 Cost Of Ownership Analysis
• 6.4 Slurry And Abrasive Suppliers And Products
• 6.5 Worldwide Ceria Slurry For Glass Media Market
• 6.6 Worldwide Oxide Slurry For Metal Market
• 6.7 Worldwide Oxide Slurry For Thin Film Heads