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The Shrinking HDD Component Supply Base: TDK Acquires Alps Electric's HDD-Related Assets

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: March 2007
Product Code: R104-29800
Description
This document is about The Shrinking HDD Component Supply Base: TDK Acquires Alps Electric's HDD-Related Assets
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Insight

Situation Overview

From Seven HDD Recording Head Suppliers to One ? How We Got Here

Seagate's Acquisition of Maxtor the Catalyst, But Not the Cause, for Alps to Exit

Stagnating Recording Head Unit Demand for Independent Head Suppliers

Figure: Worldwide HDD Heads Shipped with Disk Drives, 2002-?2008

HDD OEM Customers for Independent Head Suppliers in Decline

Figure: Worldwide HDD Unit Share of Vertically Integrated and Nonvertically Integrated HDD OEMs, 2003-2007

Future Outlook

Ordering and More Information
Price and Delivery Options



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