Hitachi GST: Fiscal 1Q11 Financial Results

We publish here the official results of Hitachi Ltd. for its hard disk drive activity during the three month periods ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST) revenues in ¥ billions

	1Q10	1Q11
Revenues	132.3	115.4
*Growth from previous year*		*-13%*
Operating income (loss)	19.7	6.6

(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)

Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST) revenues in U.S. $ millions

	1Q10	1Q11
Revenues	1,459	1,402
*Growth from previous year*		*-4%*
Operating income (loss)	217	80

(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)

Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST) in number of units

(in thousands)	1Q10	1Q11	*Growth*
Notebook, CE 2.5-inch	15,700	15,800	1%
Desktop, CE 3.5-inch	7,800	8,900	14%
Enterprise	1,500	1,900	27%
Emerging (automotive, etc)	780	970	24%
External HDDs	800	930	16%
TOTAL	26,580	28,500	7%

(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)