Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Component Forecast, 2024–2028

IDC Market Forecast Figure

• Figure: Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Read/Write Recording Head Shipments Snapshot for Select Markets

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

• Table: Worldwide HDD Component Shipments by Form Factor, 2023–2028 (M)

• Key HDD Component Market Forecast Assumptions for 2024–2028

Market Context

• Drivers and Inhibitors

• Drivers

• Volume of Data Generated and Stored in Datacenters Continues to Grow over the Long Term

• GenAI Is Expected to Support Incremental Growth in Storage for Datacenter Environments

• Expanding Use of Video Surveillance and Video Analytics

• Inhibitors

• New Technology Innovations

• Generative Artificial Intelligence

• Significant Market Developments

• Changes from Prior Forecast

• Table: Worldwide HDD Recording Head Shipments, 2018–2028: Comparison of June 2023 and June 2024 Forecasts (M)

• Figure: Worldwide HDD Recording Head Shipments, 2018–2028: Comparison of June 2023 and June 2024 Forecasts

• Table: Worldwide HDD Disk Media Shipments, 2018–2028: Comparison of June 2023 and June 2024 Forecasts (M)

• Figure: Worldwide HDD Disk Media Shipments, 2018–2028: Comparison of June 2023 and June 2024 Forecasts

Market Definition

Methodology

• IDC's Worldwide HDD Component Research and Data Modeling Process

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