Disk Drive Industry Links
Links to hard disk drive mfg related companies & orgs
Components, Materials Suppliers
- Adaptec Controllers, Interconnect Solutions
- Agere Systems Semiconductor
- Asahii Kasehi Semiconductor components
- ALPS Electric Components, Read/Write Heads
- Beyonics Precision Mechanical Parts, PCBAs, Contract Mfg.
- Cirrus Logic Disk Drive Controllers, Amplifiers
- Engis Polishing Compounds
- Exar Semiconductor Components
- FCI Electronics Connectors, Components
- F Squared Magnetics designs and produce complete voice coil motors, magnet assembly and coil, for disc drives
- Hutchinson Suspension Assemblies
- IBM Microelectronics Semiconductor components
- IBM Storage Almaden Laboratories, Storage Technology
- Infineon Discreet Semiconductor Products
- IMP Analog ICs
- Innovex Flex Interconnect Products
- The Kaifa Group Rigid Disk Substrates, HGAs, Head Stacks
- Komag Rigid Thin Film Media, Optical Components
- KR Precision Suspension Assemblies
- LSI Logic Disk Drive Controller ICs
- Loctite Specialized Adhesives
- Magnecomp Suspension Assemblies
- MMI Holdings Ltd. Precision aluminum die casting, surface finishing, high volume machining, clean room assy services
- Marvell Semiconductor Read Amps
- Miyoshi Precision Ltd. top covers, disk clamps and voice coil motors plates for HDD
- Molex Connectors
- MMI Group Precision aluminum components, contract mfg, automation systems, test systems
- OHara Glass Disk Substrates
- Seksun Precision Metal stamping
- Sankyo-Seiki Direct Drive Spindle Motors
- Symbios (See Also LSI Logic)
- Texas Instruments Read Channel Devices, Controllers
- Texwipe Contamination Control, Clean Wipestalline diamond abrasives and slurries for disk texture, head lapping, and very precise surface finishes
Storage System Solutions Providers
- Ciprico
- Compaq (HP)
- Comparex
- Dell
- ExpreStor
- EMC
- Hewlett - Packard
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
- IBM
- Marqlin
- MTI Corp.
- Network Appliance
- nStor
- Optics-Storage Tech
- Overland Data
- StorageTek
- Veritas
- Xiotech
- Xyratex
Disk Drive Manufacturers
- Cornice Company
- Fujitsu America
- GS MicroDrive
- Hitachi
- Iomega
- Maxtor
- Samsung
- Seagate Technology
- Toshiba
- Western - Digital
Analysis, Journals, News, Special Services
- DataStorex
- eWeek Storage
- Gartner DataQuest
- Graeme Thickens - Technical writer, analyst, marketing communications
- IDC
- In- Stat MDR
- Storage Review
Tape, Optical, Other Storage Mfrs
- Actima
- AFreeY
- Arctec
- Calimetrics
- DataZone
- Delta Electronics
- Exabyte
- JVC
- Kenwood
- Lite-On Technology
- LG Electronics
- Maxoptix
- Mitsubishi
- Mitsumi
- Phillips
- Quantum
- Seagate
- Tandberg Data
Organizations & Consortia
- American National Standards
- Institute (ANSI)
- Center for Magnetic Recording Research
- Data Storage Institute, Natl' Univ. of Singapore
- Fibre Channel.org
- International Disk
- Equipment & Materials Association (IDEMA)
- Raid Advisory Board
- Personal Computer
- Memory Card Industry Association (PCMCIA)
- IEEE Magnetics Society
- Information Storage Industry Consortium
- Institute for Information Storage Technology (IIST)
- iVDR HDD Consortium
- National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC)
- Optical Storage
- Technology Assn.
- SCSI Trade Assoc.
- 1394 Trade assoc.
- USB.org
Links
- Lighthouse Clean Room contamination monitoring and control solutions
- Marposs - Automation,Metrology & Controls for HGA, HSA, Spindle Motor, and Actuator Mfg
- MicroPhysics - Magnetic head testers and engineering software for hard disk drive and tape drive applications in production, engineering, R&D
- Mattson Technology - Plasma Etch, photoresist equipment
- MicroE Precision encoders and motion control positioning systems
- MMI Holdings Ltd Complex system contract assembly, precision mechanical sub-assemblies, automation and robotics, design services
- Newport Corp. - Precision Motion Control
- Oliver Design - Rigid Disk Cleaning Systems
- SpeedFam - Surface Processing Equipment
- ThoT Technology - Laser Doppler vibrometer based instruments & spin stands for measuring rotating surfaces or periodic vibrations
- Vanguard Systems - Automation equipment
- Veeco - Process and Metrology Systems
- Xyratex - Interface Test Systems, Servo Track Writers, Protocol Analyzers, Factory Automation
Links
- ADE Technologies - -Advanced, non contact, capacitance guages for drive motors and disk thicknessmeasurement
- Advanced Imaging Inc. - Dynamic row bending ELG lapping systems
- Agilent Technologies -Signal Analyzers
- Adept -Advanced Robotics & Controls
- Candela Instruments - Optical surface metrology for the HDD industry
- EcoSnow Systems - CO2 Precision Cleaning Systems
- FEI Company - Wafer process control, Ion Beam head trimming, 3D metrology,
- GCE Technologies - Specialty Manufacturing and Test Systems Design and Fab
- Guzik Technology - Read/Write Analyzers, Spin Stands
- Hitachi Electronics - Media Certification & Automation
- HDI Intrumentation - Optical metrology systems for surface analysis of substrates and finished media
- Integral Solutions Inc. - Quasi Static GMR head testers including instability tests at Row, Slider, HGA, HSA, and HDD levels
- KLA-Tencor - Metrology Systems for Semiconductor and HDD industries
- LeCroy - Wave form analyzers