90 Million Drives, 61 Million PCs Sold in 1995, According to TrendFOCUS' Storage Demand Analysis System (SDAS); 1996 Outlook is Bright.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1996--Shipments of rigid disk Same as hard disk. drives and personal computers reached 90 million and 61 million in 1995, respectively, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Storage Demand Analysis System published today by TrendFOCUS, Inc. HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive revenues reached $23.7 billion, and PC revenues hit $121 billion in 1995. Worldwide personal computer shipments of 61.2 systems represented a 21 percent increase from 1994. Windows 95 and affordable Pentium-based desktop systems spurred both the home and commercial markets. Compaq Computer retained its 10% market share; IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Apple, Packard-Bell, and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. rounded out the top five suppliers. The U.S. PC market logged unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. of 23.7 million. Portable PC sales surpassed 9.7 million units, lower than expected. Toshiba maintained its leadership position with 21.1 percent with IBM a close second. Price/performance concerns and component shortages are abating, auguring faster growth through the late 1990s. Workstation shipments rose to 1.37 million systems in 1995, due to availability of lower-cost personal workstations. Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. held its share, but HP made strides. Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. will dramatically alter the competitive landscape in 1996. File servers rose 175 percent to two million units. PC-based servers were the dominant force. Compaq controlled this market, but faces fierce competition as IBM and HP will ship low-cost, performance servers in 1996. "Doomsayers are predicting a gloomy 1996, but fundamental demand for PCs is strong," stated John Donovan, General Manager of TrendFOCUS. "The inventory issue is largely in the low-end, and should be worked out this Spring. We see a 19 percent growth in PC shipments this year and a healthy demand environment for disk drives." Rigid disk drive shipments reached 89.86 million units in 1995, up 31 percent from 1994. HDD consumption rates were boosted by strong PC sales and plummeting drive prices. Pentium systems are devouring megabytes, with 850 MB drives common at the end of 1995. Upgrade buyers frequently selected 1.2/1.6GB capacities, so 1996's average capacity should exceed 1.5 GB. The 3.5" size, used by PCs, workstations, and file servers, led the market with 78 million units; 2.5" drive shipments fell short of forecasts. The outlook is positive. 1996 sales will exceed 114 million drives, and by 1999, over 210 million drives will be sold. Competition will be stiff as U.S. market consolidation is offset by investments from Japanese and Korean suppliers. The Storage Demand Analysis System is the first complete, statistically-based tracking tool of computer system shipments and trends, and the effects on demand for disk drives and components. An annual Study will be augmented be detailed Quarterly Updates, as well as Periodic Installments covering key industry events and issues. TrendFOCUS, Inc., founded in 1993, is the leading market research company in data storage components and devices. CONTACT: TrendFOCUS John Donovan, 508/435-7340 Mark Geenen, 415/917-8320 |
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