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Also known as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

thumb|right|upright=1.1|HGST's Fujisawa plant, expanded from IBM Fujisawa#Fujisawa manufacturing|IBM's Fujisawa plant HGST, Inc. (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) was a manufacturer of hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services.

Key facts

Company.name
HGST, Inc.
Company.logo
HGST Logo.png
Company.fate
Acquired by Western Digital in 2012; brand phased out in 2018
Company.predecessor
IBM's hard drive business
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.key_people
Mike Cordano (President)
Company.industry
Computer storage devices
Company.products
Hard disk drives solid-state drives external storage devices
Company.num_employees
45,000
Company.location_city
San Jose
Company.location_country
United States
Company.homepage
http://www.hgst.com/

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Type
Company
Founded
2003
Location
San Jose, United States
Also known as
HGST
Status
Active

GRID grid.450890.0 · ISNI 0000 0004 0634 5771

Official website

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Official website
www.hgst.com
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Commons category
HGST, Inc.
inception
2003-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2018-00-00
official shop URL
www.hgst.com
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6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Products
  • Hard drives and solid-state drives
  • External storage
  • See also
  • References

* Why HDD is essential to the AI economy

Hard disks form AI’s foundational layer, providing durable, cost-efficient storage that enables AI systems to scale economically.

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