DoSTOR July30,2008—WD reported financial reports for its fiscal year 2008 and Q4 today in Beijing. YS Chia, President of Asia Pacific Sales WD, attended the meeting and shared the report with journalists.
Q4,the growth of Asia-Pacific region is the fastest.46% of Q4 revenue came from Asia-Pacific, while 29% from Americas. As for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) it was 29%. The growth rate of these regions were 5%,1%,and -6%. YS Chia said that in the next four to five months, WD will set up more offices in China.
He noticed that non-desktop PC markets increased rapidly. The company grew its hard drive revenue contribution from non-desktop PC markets to 56 percent from 43 percent in the prior year.And in 2006, that figure was 26%.
Sixty-three percent of Q4 revenue was derived from non-desktop sources, while 37 percent came from hard drives configured into desktop PCs. This compares with a mix in the year-ago quarter of 46 percent non-desktop sources versus 54 percent desktop PC revenue.
The company shipped 11.7 million 2.5-inch mobile drives and 4.1 million 3.5-inch units for the PVR/DVR market in the fourth quarter, sequential quarterly increases of 15 percent and 32 percent, respectively, and year-over-year increases of 208 percent and 52 percent, respectively.
Branded product revenue of $386 million for the quarter increased 17 percent sequentially and 68 percent year-over-year.
WD also continued to grow its shipments of enterprise-class Serial ATA drives and hard drives featuring its unique GreenPower(TM) technology into the desktop, enterprise and consumerelectronics markets.
