The history and current position of the Hard Disk Drive Industry in Asia is described. Despite the disastrous recession of 1997, the recent manufacturing trend is of continued development and expansion. The H.D.D facilities are shown to be leaner and fitter and well prepared to cope with future market and technical demands. FULL TEXT
Discusses the IT industry slowdown and the effects it is having on the Asia manufacturers of Disk Drives as well as offering some glimpses of the future.
The advent of consumer applications for hard disk drives has the industry racing to design small form factor disk drives and establish new lines of supply. Formerly dominated by a handfull of Japanese makers, the field is being challenged like never before, even spawning new hard disk drive companies. Where is it all going?
