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Following the production of the individual components of the rigid disc drive, the first step in the manufacture of a rigid disc drive itself
is the assembly of the actuator arm, read/write heads, discs and spindle motor in a housing to form the head-disc assembly. The production of
the head-disc assembly involves largely automated processes. Printed circuit boards are then mated to the head-disc assembly and the
completed unit is tested prior to packaging and shipment. Final assembly and test operations of our rigid disc drives occur primarily at facilities
located in China and Singapore. We perform subassembly and component manufacturing operations at our facilities in Malaysia, Northern
Ireland, Singapore, Thailand and, in the United States, in California and Minnesota. In addition, third parties manufacture and assemble
components for us in various Asian countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, and
in Europe and the United States.
Products
We offer a broad range of 3.5-inch form factor rigid disc drive products for both the enterprise and desktop sectors of the rigid disc drive
industry. We also recently introduced the Momentus family of 2.5-inch rigid disc drives for notebooks. We offer more than one product within
each product family, and differentiate products on the basis of price/performance and form factor, or the dimensions of the rigid disc drive.
Because of rapid advancements in rigid disc drive technology, product life cycles have been as short as six months. To address this issue, we
introduce new products and enhancements to our product families as we develop new technology. We list in the table below our main rigid disc
drive products.
Enterprise Storage Rigid Disc Drive Products
Product Name
Fiscal Quarter
Introduced
Storage Capacity
(gigabytes)
Rotation Speed
(RPM)
Interface
Barracuda 180
2
nd
Qtr 2001
180
7,200
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Cheetah 73LP
3
rd
Qtr 2001
73
10,000
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Cheetah 36ES
1
st
Qtr 2002
18 and 36
10,000
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Cheetah 10K.6
4
th
Qtr 2002
36, 73 and 146
10,000
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Cheetah X15 36LP
2
nd
Qtr 2002
18 and 36
15,000
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Cheetah 15K.3
1
st
Qtr 2003
18, 36 and 73
15,000
SCSI/Fibre Channel
Personal Storage Rigid Disc Drive Products
Product Name
Fiscal Quarter
Introduced
Storage Capacity
(gigabytes)
Rotation Speed
(RPM)
Interface
U-6 Series
4
th
Qtr 2001
20, 30, 40, 60 and 80
5,400
ATA
U Series X20
1
st
Qtr 2003
10 and 20
5,400
ATA
U-7 Series
2
nd
Qtr 2003
40, 60, 80 and 120
5,400
ATA
U-9 Series
3
rd
Qtr 2003
40, 80, 120 and 160
5,400
ATA
Barracuda ATA IV
4
th
Qtr 2001
20, 40, 60 and 80
7,200
ATA
Barracuda ATA V
1
st
Qtr 2003
40, 60, 80 and 120
7,200
ATA
Barracuda 7200.7
2
nd
Qtr 2003
40, 60, 80, 120 and 160
7,200
ATA/SATA
Notebook Storage Rigid Disc Drive Products
Product Name
Fiscal Quarter
Introduced
Storage Capacity
(gigabytes)
Rotation Speed
(RPM)
Interface
Momentus
4
th
Qtr 2003
20 and 40
5,400
ATA