How many companies manufacturer disk HDA assemblies, now?

What disk manufacturers still have essentially end-to-end fabrication
lines?

Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?


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Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?

I remember there was some not-well-known Japanese company which made these
assemblies. Forgot the name.

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"Al Dykes" wrote in message
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What disk manufacturers still have essentially end-to-end fabrication
lines?

Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?


From memory; Hitachi, Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung and Fujitsu.

Rob

Maxim S. Shatskih wrote:

Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?

I remember there was some not-well-known Japanese company which made these
assemblies. Forgot the name.


Maybe MKE?
Matu****a-Kotobuki Electronics Industries, Ltd

On Feb 15, 10:45 am, (Al Dykes) wrote:
What disk manufacturers still have essentially end-to-end fabrication
lines?

Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?

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Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. A Proud signature since 2001

I believe LSI Logic actually manufactures a number of disk arrays for
vendors such as IBM & Sun.

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On Feb 15, 10:45 am, (Al Dykes) wrote:
What disk manufacturers still have essentially end-to-end fabrication
lines?

Are there any companies we never hear the names of that
make HDA assemblies for others?

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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. A Proud signature since 2001

I believe LSI Logic actually manufactures a number of disk arrays for
vendors such as IBM & Sun.

I think he was talking about hard disks, not arrays. As such, I would
guess it depends on how you define end-to-end. If that means everything
from fabricating the silicon used for interface etc I'd guess not. If
you define it as taking in components at one end such chips, PCBs etc
and turning out a finished disk at the other then I'd say pretty much
all of them.

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