Hitachi GST: Fiscal 3Q08 Financial Results
The HDD maker continues to be slightly profitable but revenue decreasing 23% and units shipped down 23%.
By Jean Jacques Maleval | February 4, 2009 at 3:48 pmWe publish only here the results of Hitachi Ltd. for its HDDs (Hitachi GST) and optical disc drives (Hitachi-LG Data Storage) during its third fiscal quarter ending in December
31, 2008.
Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST) revenue in ¥ billions
| (in ¥ billions) | 3Q07 | 3Q08 |
| Revenues | 185.0 | 118.9 |
| Growth from previous year |
-36% |
(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)
Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST) revenue in U.S. $ millions
| (in U.S. $ millions) | 3Q07 | 3Q08 |
| Revenues | 1,634 | 1,252 |
| Growth from previous year |
-23% | |
| Operating income (loss) | 100 | 4 |
(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)
Hard disk drives (Hitachi GST)
in number of units
| (in thousands) | 3Q07 | 3Q08 | Growth |
| Notebook, CE 2.5-inch | 13,300 | 11,900 | -11% |
| Desktop, CE 3.5-inch |
10,600 |
8,700 | -18% |
| Enterprise | 1,400 | 1,300 | -70% |
| Emerging (automotive, etc) | 150 | 360 | +140% |
| TOTAL | 25,450 | 22,260 | -13% |
(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)
Optical disc drives (Hitachi-LG Data Storage)
in number of units
| (in thousands) | 3Q07 | 3Q08 | Growth |
| Optical disc drives |
25,000 | 22,500 | -10% |
(Source: Hitachi Ltd.)
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