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To: T Bowl who wrote (7479)12/7/1999 10:53:00 PM
From: Z Analyzer  Respond to of 9256
 
<<Does this sound
extreme? Not when you take into acct the areal density growth>>
Seems extreme to me. If one sided platters yield 25 GB in 2003, that's inadequate for heavy video. They're saying that only 20% of the drives will be heavy video at a time when we have broadband to the home and digital VCRs are commonplace.

I would actually expect the greatest penetration of one sided in the next year or two when you get a 5 GB drive and people don't see the need for more. Wonder what's holding the numbers down. -Z



To: T Bowl who wrote (7479)12/7/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: Z Analyzer  Respond to of 9256
 
<<I've seen references to an IDC report from 8/99 - single HEAD units are basically
0% in 99 growing to 10% in 00, 40% in 01, 65% in 02, 80% in 03.>>
Todd, do they have figures for growth in total heads or suspensions in those years?


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