El Segundo (CA) - Hard disk manufacturers ended 2005 on a high note, setting a new record for quarterly shipments. According to market research firm iSuppli, the industry shipped 103.4 million units in the fourth quarter of last year, up 8.3 percent from 95.4 million in the third quarter, and up 20.9 percent from 85.5 million in Q4 of 2004.
"Hard drive shipments in the fourth quarter and in the second half of 2005 were boosted by strong demand from the consumer electronics market," said Krishna Chander, senior analyst at iSuppli. "Products including MP3 players, Personal Media Players (PMPs) and Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) are helping drive the growth of the hard drive market. Meanwhile, robust sales of notebook computers have led to healthy sales increases in the hard drive industry's core market in PCs."
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