HDD Shipments at 103 to 105 Million in 3CQ17, Up 7% to 9% Q/Q

Seasonal Rise in CE and Client Demand Lift HDD Sales - Shipments Climb to 103-105 Million

• 3.5" Desktop/CE HDDs: Total desktop/CE HDD shipments (including 3.5" external HDDs) sales rose slightly in CQ3 to approximately 34 million units.
• 2.5" Mobile/CE HDDs: Healthier back to school PC sales and pre-production of game consoles boost 2.5" HDD volumes. 2.5" mobile and CE HDD volumes totaled approximately 55 million
  units.
• 3.5"/2.5" Enterprise HDDs: Nominal decline in performance enterprise HDD sales were offset by slight increase in capacity enterprise volumes, and total enterprise HDD sales remained at around 15.5 million.