HGST, Inc. (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital that sells hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services.
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History
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies was founded on January 6, 2003, as a merger of the hard disk drive businesses of IBM and Hitachi. Hitachi paid IBM US$2.05 billion for its HDD business.
On March 08, 2012, Western Digital (WD) acquired Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $3.9 billion in cash and 25 million shares of WD common stock valued at approximately $0.9 billion. The deal resulted in Hitachi, Ltd. owning approximately 10 percent of WD shares outstanding, and reserving the right to designate two individuals to the board of directors of WD. It was agreed that WD would operate with WD Technologies and HGST as wholly owned subsidiaries and they would compete in the marketplace with separate brands and product lines.
In May 2012, WD divested to Toshiba assets that enabled Toshiba to manufacture and sell 3.5-inch hard drives for the desktop and consumer electronics markets to address the requirements of regulatory agencies.
In November 2013, the company announced a 6 TB capacity drive filled with helium. In September 2014, the company announced a 10 TB helium drive, which uses shingled magnetic recording to improve density.
On October 19, 2015, Western Digital Corporation announced a decision from China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") which enabled the company to integrate substantial portions of its HGST and WD subsidiaries under Western Digital Corporation ("Western Digital"), but they must offer both HGST and WD product brands in the market and maintain separate sales teams for two years from the date of the decision. As such, as of October 19, 2015, HGST is a Western Digital brand, and no longer a separate entity.
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Products
Hard drives and solid-state drives
- Ultrastar - Enterprise-class line of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch HDDs with SCSI, Fibre Channel, SAS, and SATA interfaces; and a line of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch Fibre Channel and SAS SSDs.
- Deskstar - Desktop-class line in 3.5-inch form factor with SATA interfaces.
- Travelstar - Mobile-class line in 2.5-inch form factor with SATA interfaces.
- Endurastar - Ruggedized line in 2.5-inch form factor with PATA or SATA interfaces, primarily for automotive applications.
- Cinemastar - 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors, optimized for consumer electronics applications requiring quiet operation and streaming support.
External storage
- LifeStudio products, announced in 2010 but now discontinued, were external hard drives that combine photo organization software, a 3D Wall for displaying content, a connected USB Flash key.
- G-Technology external storage products, acquired in 2009, are sold to Apple Macintosh communities, including users of multimedia content such as Final Cut Pro digital audio/video production professionals.
- Touro family of cloud storage backup products.
See also
- Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) - joint venture of Hitachi and LG; manufacturer of DVD and Blu-ray drives.
- Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) - manufacturer of modular enterprise storage systems, software and services.
References
External links
- Official website
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- "Hitachi Establishes 'Hitachi Global Storage Technologies,' Taking a Bold New Step for Storage Innovation" (Hitachi, Ltd. press release)
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