1. HDD Trends and Leading. Edge Suspensions. Scott Schaefer
HDD Trends and Leading Edge Suspensions Scott Schaefer CTO and VP of Development Engineering
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2. Our Product
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3. Long Range Industry Trends
Annual storage growth rate continues at 25% CAGR
Small form factor drives will be +50% of unit shipments – miniaturization continues
Leading edge areal density growth rate at 30% or less
Heads/HDD stabilizes
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4. HDD Storage Growth
Source: HTI Analysis
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5. HDD Form Factor Shifts 500 400 300 [ 1.8” drives 2.5” drives
Source: HTI Analysis
400
300
2.5” drives
3.5” drives
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6. Areal Density Gbits per inch2 Leading Edge AGR
HTI’s Current View of Leading Edge AD
100% | 40% | 30% | 20% >
Actual Forecast
Gbits per inch2
20 GB/P ” Microdrive
120 GB/P 2.5” Mobile
80 GB/P 2.5” Mobile
133 GB/P Desktop
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7. Industry Average Heads/HDD
Source: HTI Analysis
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8. Important Suspension Trends
Provide
ESD protection
Small FF drives
High shock capability
Sub-Pico heads
More functionality
per suspension
Smaller suspension
Reduced mass designs
Thinner materials
Finer conductors
Smaller gimbles
Fly Height control
Dual stage actuation
Ground features
Conductive coatings
Increased precision
Higher performance
Further miniaturization
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9. Product Features 4 or 6 Leads (25 mm Lines & Spaces) Headlift Limiters
Stand-offs &
Ground Features
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10. Flexure Miniaturization
Std TSA
Extended TSA
Trace Plus
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11. Shock Requirements
Source: HTI Analysis
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12. 17X Improvement in Suspension G/Gram
HTI Suspension Shock Capability
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
17X Improvement in Suspension G/Gram
3.0” FF
41 G/gram
2.5” FF
61 G/gram
2.5” FF
83 G/gram
1.0” FF
160 G/gram
0.85” FF
394 G/gram
0.85” FF
707 G/gram
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13. Summary Suspension growth continues
Accelerated advances in suspension performance, features, and reliability
Greater variety of suspensions for segmenting markets
Miniaturization of all HDD componants
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