2021 HDD Industry Market And Projections

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2021 HDD Industry Market And Projections
Total HDD shipments in 4Q21 were down 13.6% compared with 3Q21 (57.3 million versus 66.2 million). Notebook HDD shipments are estimated to be down about 25% from the prior quarter while desktop HDD shipments are down by about 32% Q/Q. CE HDD shipments are estimated down about 1% while branded shipments were down about 3.3% Q/Q. High performance enterprise HDDs were down about 7.9% while near line enterprise HDDs were down 4.6% Q/Q.  3.5-inch HDDs are estimated to have been down about 13% Q/Q.  2.5-inch HDDs decreased by 14.5% Q/Q. 

Unit shipment market share for the 3 HDD producers in 2021

Projects total shipments of HDD storage capacity on an annual basis to 2026