The competition between the HDD and flash memory has begun with 0.85-inch HDD and flash memory.
. Currently, the largest capacity of 0.85-inch HDD is 4GB and its price is about US $60, while the price of 4GB flash memory is between US $50 (10k/unit) and US $70 (10k/unit) according to the quotation of http://www.dramexchange.com/ on Nov 2 2006. Although the HDD has the advantage in the transmission rate, it is not as good as the flash memory in price, size, anti-shake and power consumption. So it can be concluded that the future of 0.85-inch HDD is gloomy.

It is forecasted that per GB price of 1.8-inch HDD will be US $0.85 by 2010. Apparently, the 1.8-inch HDD will keep its boom until 2010.

After Seagate's acquisition for Maxtor, there are just 6 main HDD manufacturers left in the world, so the competition is not as rampant as it used to be. And all the manufacturers are moving forward in their advantageous field. Seagate shows great power in the desktop field, and ranks first of the world in DVR as well as the HDD for enterprises. Toshiba mainly focuses on 1.8-inch HDD with a market share exceeding 75%, Apple IPOD is its main client. Besides, Toshiba shares more than 80% of In-car HDD market. HGST takes the laptop as the main market, and it is absolutely advantageous with the high performance-price ratio. As for WDC, in spite of its performance turning better, 70% of its products are still the desktop HDD, which makes it have to struggle hard to compete with Seagate. Fujitsu mainly specializes in laptop market and enterprise-level market. With its server shipment topping three of the world, Fujitsu’s enterprise-level HDD business is promising while it has to fight with HGST in laptop market.

1 HDD Development Course and Brief Introduction to Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR)

2 Current status and Forecast of HDD Market and Industry
2.1 Current Status of HDD Market
2.2 Market Trend of Consumer HDD
2.3 Trend of Hand-held Storage Intermedium
2.4 Competition between HDD and Flash Memory
2.4.1 0.85-inch HDD and Flash Memory
2.4.2 1-inch and 1.8-inch HDD and Flash Memory
2.5 Current Status of HDD Industry
2.5.1 Global HDD Industry Bases
2.5.2 Singapore
2.5.3 Thailand
2.6 Market Shares Distribution of HDD Manufacturers by Types
2.7 Comparison of Seven Largest HDD Companies

3 HDD Manufacturers
3.1.HGST
3.2.Toshiba
3.3.Fujitsu
3.4.CORNICE
3.5.WDC
3.6.Samsung
3.7.Seagate
3.8.South Huiton

4 Upstream of HDD
4.1 Hard Disc Market and Industry
4.1.1 Introduction to Hard Disc
4.1.2 Development Trend
4.1.3 Market Status
4.2 Hard Disc Manufacturers
4.2.1 KOMAG
4.2.2 Showa Denko
4.2.3 HOYA
4.2.4 Fuji
4.3 HDD Motor Manufacturers: Nidec

Selected Charts
Statistics and Forecast of Global HDD Shipment, 2005-2009
HDD Market Scale, 2000-2009
HDD Shipment Forecast by Application Type, 2005-2009
Statistics and Forecast of HDD Shipment by Size, 2006-2010
Growth Rate of 3.5-inch HDD and 2.5-inch HDD Shipment, 2005-2010
Average Price of HDD, 2004Q1-2006Q1
Market Position and Requirement of various sized HDD
Accumulative Shipment Value of HDD Game Player, Video Recorders and MP3 Players, 1998-2009
Global External HDD Shipment and Average Capacity, 2003-2006H1
Cell Phone Storage Capacity Demand, 2006-2011
Global Shipment of Hand-held devices based on HDD, 2006-2011
Storage Capacity Forecast of 1-inch HDD, 2006-2013
NANA Flash Memory Price Forecast, 2001-2010
Forecast of 1-inch HDD Price per GB, 2006-2013
Forecast of 1.8-inch HDD Price per GB, 2006-2010
Size Structure of Main HDD Manufacturers
Industrial Distribution of Global HDD
Market Share Distribution of Main Global HDD Manufacturers, 2002-2005
Market Shares Distribution of Global HDD Manufacturers, 2006Q1
Market Shares Distribution of Global HDD Manufacturers, 2006Q2
Market Shares Distribution of Global Laptop HDD Manufacturers, 2006Q1
Market Shares Distribution of Global Desktop HDD Manufacturers, 2006Q1
Market Shares Distribution of Server HDD Manufacturers, 2006H1
Shipment and Average Price of Four Largest Global HDD Companies, 2005F
HGST HDD Shipment by Size, 2005
HGST Product Lines
HGST Branches in China
Fujistu HDD Shipment, 1998-2005(FY)
Revenue and Net Profit Margin of WDC, 2001-2006(FY)
Gross Profit Margin of WDC, 2001-First Three Quarters of 2006(FY)
Quarterly Revenue and Shipment of Seagate, 2005Q2-2007Q1 (FY)
Quarterly Sales of Non-desktop HDD of Seagate, 2005Q2-2007Q1 (FY)
Revenue and Gross Profit of KOMAG, 2004Q3-2006Q3
Revenue and Profit of Showa Denko by Division, 2006H1
Organizational Structure of Hoya
Revenue Structure of Hoya by Division, 2000-2006H1
Revenue Structure of Nidec, 2006H1