coughlin associates san jose california june 2006 hard disk drive capital equipment market & technology report the is published by 9460 carmel road atascadero ca 93422 tel 408 871 8808 fax 370 4609 copyright all rights reserved no portion of this may be reproduced in any form or means without permission from publisher information believed to reliable but can not guaranteed complete correct 4 table contents page introduction 15 author 17 acknowledgements executive summary 19 and industry overview 31 critical component shortages head projections 32 33 application factor substrate shares 35 issues directions 44 discontinuous development advanced manufacturing 47 servo track writing media 48 self magnetic printing lithographic patterns roadmaps