Hard Disk Drive Industry Capital Equipment Spending to Total $24 B Between 2005 and 201028 June 2006
Coughlin Associates, a leading data storageanalyst firm, announces the release of its 2006 Hard Disk Drive CapitalEquipment Market & Technology Report.
Capital equipment spending for the hard disk drive industry increased 39%in 2005 from 2004 with a further increase of 29% expected in 2006 over2005. The table below shows spending for capital equipment in 2005 and2010 as well as the ratio of capital spending to expected HDD companyrevenue.
Year Equipment Spending Equipment Spending/HDD Company Revenue 2005 $2.2 B 7.9 % 2010 $5.7 B 10.6 %Total 2005-2010 $23.7 B 10.1 % (average)
In 2005:
-- 73% of total capital equipment spending for production process equipment, 19% for production test and 8% for metrology.-- 38 % of capital spending for head and wafer; 33% for media and substrate; and 29% on drive equipment. Major factors driving hard disk drive equipment spending from 2006 through2010 are:
-- Annual drive volumes increasing 100% between 2005 and 2010-- Shortages in critical new technology components-- Form factors ratio changes: 2.5-inch and smaller HDDs will dominate by 2010-- HDD and component companies have more cash to invest in equipment due to higher drive demand and stable drive prices-- New HDD applications require new manufacturing capital equipment and process changes-- Transition to perpendicular recording making much older equipment obsolete-- Lower flying heights increasing metrology requirements as well as tightening of head and disk specifications-- By 2009 and 2010, to continue areal density increases the industry must introduce new technologies such as HAMR, discrete track media or patterned media The report includes in-depth analysis of capital spending trends, technicaland market drivers for capital spending, and a breakdown of equipmentspending categories and products. The 2006 Hard Disk Drive CapitalEquipment Market and Technology Report will be available starting July 7,2006 with a single issue of this report for $1,995.00. People looking foradditional information on this report, wishing to purchase a copy of thereport or obtaining company-wide report access can go to the CoughlinAssociates web site at http://www.tomcoughlin.com/techpapers.htm or call usat 408-871-8808. Highlighted Links Coughlin Associates Website
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SOURCE: Coughlin Associates
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