
HGST
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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/
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- 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
High-Capacity HDDs for PCs, NAS, Gaming, Data Centers, and AI Data Cycles | WD
Western Digital, leaders in digital storage solutions compatible with Mac and PC. FREE shipping, friendly support, and 30-day return policy on storage products.
hgst.com →Link to the official site · 18,446 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- 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
Sources (6)
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Products
- Hard drives and solid-state drives
- External storage
- See also
- References
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