Due to the Maxtor acquisition, leading HDD maker Seagate achieved a 5.1% market share gain in Q2 2006 compared to the first. Seagate accounted for 34.1% of the 98.6 mln disk drives shipped worldwide in Q2 2006. Number-two-ranked HDD maker Western Digital Corp. (WDC) upped its share to 19.5% in the Q2 2006 compared to 18.5% in Q1 2006. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) easily held onto its 3rd place ranking with a 15.1% share, up from 14.4% in Q1 2006. Samsung Electronics climbed into 4th place in Q2 2006, up from fifth in Q1 2006, with a 10.5% share of HDD unit shipments, up from 8.6% in the first.
| Hard drive market in Q2 2006 | |||
| Market share | Growth | ||
| Company | Q1 2006 | Q2 2006 | QTQ |
| Seagate | 29.0% | 34.1% | 5.1% |
| Western Digital | 18.5% | 19.5% | 1.0% |
| Hitachi GST | 14.4% | 15.1% | 0.7% |
| Samsung | 8.6% | 10.5% | 1.9% |
| Toshiba | 9.3% | 8.5% | -0.8% |
| Fujitsu | 6.8% | 6.8% | 0.0% |
| Maxtor | 11.9% | 3.8% | -8.1% |
| Excelstor | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| Cornice | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| Source: iSuppli | |||