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Global HDD Shipments in 2016 Estimated at 425.8 Million Units, Says IDEMA Japan

Mar 2, 2017

There were 425.8 million hard disk drives (HDDs) shipped globally in 2016, slipping 9.2% on year, and annual shipments kept decreasing from the peak of 651.4 million units in 2010, according to International Disk Drive Equipment and ...

Tags: hard disk drives, notebooks

PS4 Hdd Upgrade: How to Upgrade Your PS4 Hard Drive

Nov 2, 2016

A step-by-step guide on how to upgrade your PS4 hard drive If you spend a fair bit of time playing PS4, chances are, your hard drive is getting a little full. Sony's PS4 Slim now ships with a 1TB hard drive as standard, which can be ...

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China Firm Terminates Investment Plan in WD

Feb 27, 2016

Western Digital has disclosed its agreement with Unisplendour (Unis), and Unis Union Information System (Unis Union), a subsidiary of Unis that agreed to make a US$3.775 billion equity investment in Western Digital, has been terminated by ...

Tags: Western Digital, SanDisk, storage

Worldwide PELS Market Declines in 2015, Says IDC

Feb 15, 2016

Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments totaled 68.5 million units in 2015, representing a decline of 9.2% from a year ago, according to the IDC Worldwide Personal and Entry-Level Storage Tracker. Annual shipment values ...

Tags: PELS Market, entry-level storage

Western Digital, Seagate See PCs Growing Less Important to Revenues

Nov 6, 2015

Hard disk drive (HDD) makers Western Digital and Seagate have announced their financial results for the third quarter and both makers are seeing their PC business revenue contributions weaken. PC HDDs only contributed about 34% of Western ...

Tags: HDD, PC, Seagate, storage, Western Digital

Demand for HDD of All Sizes to Keep Decreasing

May 1, 2015

Global demand for hard disk drives (HDDs) of all sizes will continually decrease from 561 million units in 2014 to 550 million units in 2015 and further to 538 million units in 2016, according to Taiwan and Shanghai general manager Vincent ...

Tags: HDD, Hard Disk

Western Digital Plans to Acquire Stec to Boost Its Presence in The Market

Jun 26, 2013

Western Digital plans to acquire sTec to boost its presence in the market for enterprise solid-state drives. The two companies have signed a definitive agreement under which sTec will be acquired by HGST, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...

Tags: Western Digital, Computer Products

Western Digital's HGST Announced What It Is Calling The Densest Mobile Hard-Disk Drive

May 24, 2013

Western Digital's HGST subsidiary today announced what it is calling the industry's densest mobile hard-disk drive, with capacities of up to 1.5TB in a 9.5mm (.37-in.) high form factor. The 2.5-in. wide disk drive contains three platters ...

Tags: Western Digital, Mobile Drive, Computer Products

CEP Will Release to Solar Power Developers a List of The Top 20,000 Organic Compounds

Apr 19, 2013

In June, Harvard's Clean Energy Project (CEP) plans to release to solar power developers a list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells (PVCs). The list, culled from about seven ...

Tags: Printable Solar Cells, Electrical, Electronics

WD Subsidiary HGST Today Announced The Its First Solid-State Drives

Apr 9, 2013

Western Digital subsidiary HGST today announced the its first solid-state drives (SSD) that sport a 12Gbps serial-attached SCSI (SAS) interface. The 2.5-in., enterprise-class SSD family ups the SAS interface bandwidth by 2X and boosts ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics

A Nanotechnology Breakthrough Will Allow WD Double Data Storage Capacity on HDD

Mar 5, 2013

Western Digital has announced what it said is a nanotechnology breakthrough that will allow the company to double data storage capacity on hard disk drives (HDD). The discovery was made by HGST Labs, a company owned by Western Digital ...

Tags: Western Digital, nanotechnology, data storage capacity

HGST Announced What It Said Is The Industry's Highest-Capacity 10,000rpm

Jan 31, 2013

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) today announced what it said is the industry's highest-capacity 10,000rpm, enterprise-class hard drive: the Ultrastar C10K1200. The 2.5-in. drive comes in capacities of up to 1.2TB and features a ...

Tags: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, hard drive, company news

WD Is Set to Release A Line of Helium-Filled Drives

Jan 6, 2013

A perennial runner-up in the enterprise HDD market,Western Digital(WD)is set to release a line of helium-filled drives,a move that could boost its global market share to the top spot,according to IHS. The helium-filled data center drives ...

Tags: WD, Helium-Filled Hard Drives, HGST

HGST May Not Have Picked Best Time to Have a Breakthrough in Hard-Disk Drive Innovation

Dec 31, 2012

Computerworld - Western Digital's HGST subsidiary may not have picked the best time to have a breakthrough in hard-disk drive innovation. After a decade of trying, HGST recently perfected a method to seal helium gas inside drives. The ...

Tags: hard disk drive, helium gas inside drives, hard drives

Western Digital Unveiled an Upgraded Line of 1TB to 4TB 3.5-in Hard Drives for Data Center

Dec 25, 2012

Western Digital Thursday unveiled an upgraded line of 1TB to 4TB 3.5-in hard drives for data centers. WD had released another 4TB enterprise hard drive, the Ultrastar 7K4000 made by its Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) unit, in ...

Tags: WD, upgraded line, hard drives, data centers

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