Hitachi will take the mobile phone industry micro disk cut part of the production transferred to Chinese

Newspaper reporter Sun Yanbiao from Hongkong

What does it mean if a hard drive is only a little larger than a dollar coin?

2, Hitachi global storage technology company (hereinafter referred to as "Hitachi") BillHealy senior vice president of the "First Financial Daily reporters exclusively revealed that Hitachi global will borrow the latest release of the two micro hard disk into the smart mobile phone field, while the micro hard disk production in the future may also be part of the transfer to Chinese.

According to reports, the new volume reduced micro hard disk Hitachi global launch than the previous generation 20%, the power consumption is reduced by 40%, and the mass production in October this year. BillHealy believes that the new product will bring a new revolution in the design and market of high capacity smartphones and multifunctional audio / video players.

After August, Hitachi has established a global design center in Shenzhen, to assist the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) will be hard to assemble the consumer electronic products. BillHealy said that it has started cooperation with internationally renowned mobile phone manufacturers, the corresponding smart phone products will be available around December this year. If the domestic design center personnel is not enough, will also be deployed from japan.

According to reports, the current Hitachi micro hard disk production mainly in Thailand and Philippines factories, if the rapid expansion of market demand, the two parts of the plant at full load operation, will be part of the transfer to the Shenzhen factory production capacity.

BillHealy said that Hitachi in the global drive assembly plant in Shenzhen will be put into operation in the next quarter, the first production of 3.5 inch hard disk. Because of the design of the production line can be adjusted at any time, so the Shenzhen plant is one of the few can produce a full range of Hitachi hard drive products factory.

It is estimated that by 2007, the global mobile phone sales will reach 700 million, if the smart phone is 10%, there will be a total of 70 million." BillHealy said.

"Hitachi in the global market share in third, turnover in the second row, we show the product price is high. This situation will be changed after the Shenzhen factory has been put into production." BillHealy believes that 2.5 inch hard disk will eventually replace the desktop hard drive, while the traditional desktop using the hard disk will be used for the 3.5 high-end surveillance and storage market.