HDD Revenue History from 1957 to Today

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Hard Disk Drive Revenue History From 1957 To Today
Over the 67-year history of HDDs there are several people who have tracked the shipments and revenue of the industry. The first source of HDD industry revenue was Montgomery Phister, who’s book on Data Processing Technology and Economics is the source of our earliest HDD revenue estimates from 1957 through 1978. Jim Porter, publisher of the Disk/Trend Reports began tracking the HDD industry in 1976 until 1998.