Joni Clark
Joni Clark
notebook
As SATA transitions into the notebook environment, only then will SATA become mainstream.
couple finding improves launch supposed yields
It wasn't supposed to launch for another couple of months, but we're finding perpendicular improves yields and reliability right off the manufacturing line.
eyes keeping
It's being investigated, but it's very niche. We're keeping our eyes on that.
excited expect market
We didn't expect to be first to market with perpendicular, but we're pretty excited with where we are.
customers develop larger looking noticed opportunity recording saw
We also noticed that customers were looking for larger and larger drives, which is why we saw an opportunity to develop perpendicular recording on those models.
bumped operating shock tolerance
We've bumped up operating shock tolerance from 250Gs to 350Gs, and non- operating shock is 900Gs.
almost drives increase million previous remarkable shipped
We shipped almost 70 million 2.5-inch drives in 2005, a remarkable increase over the 50 million shipped the previous year.