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Western Digital Announces New Lineup of Se Hard DrivesMay 31, 2013 - in News
WD is releasing a new lineup of hard drives, the Se lineup for datacenters.
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Report: SSD Market Revenues Will More Than Double in 2013Jan 23, 2013 - in News
The SSD market is expected to equal 40-percent of the HDD market by 2016.
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WD Sells 62M HDDs, Wants More Excitement For Windows 8Oct 23, 2012 - in News
Western Digital (WD) delivered a solid quarterly result by current standards but reflected a cautious stance toward the potential positive impact of Windows 8 on the PC industry.
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HGST Announces New Helium-Filled Hard Disk Drive PlatformSep 22, 2012 - in News
We won't be needing birthday balloons any more for our funny voices, thanks to the upcoming HGST new helium-filled hard disk drive platform.*
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Western Digital Regains HDD Market Lead in Q2Aug 28, 2012 - in News
Following Seagate, Western Digital has apparently recovered from the impact of the Thailand flood as well. As of Q2, the company has become the leading hard drive maker again.
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Western Digital Sells HDD Manufacturing to ToshibaMar 2, 2012 - in News
Western Digital (WD) and Toshiba announced that the two companies have reached an agreement under which WD will sell certain 3.5-inch manufacturing and distribution assets.
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Seagate, WD Cutting Back on Hard Drive WarrantiesDec 20, 2011 - in News
Many drives from both hard drive manufacturers have been reduced down to one or three years.
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WD Resumes HDD Production at Just One FactoryDec 2, 2011 - in News
Just one building is back, but the rest is still in pretty wet and damaged shape.
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Western Digital Ordered to Pay $525 Million To SeagateNov 23, 2011 - in News
A drop in the bucket Western Digital plans to fight on principle, if one can call it that.
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HDD Shipments to Drop by 35% in Q4 2011Nov 22, 2011 - in News
Seagate has just lowered its shipment forecast for Q4 again.
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Six 2.5” High-Capacity Notebook Hard DrivesNov 2, 2011 - in Reviews
Advanced Format technology makes it possible to build 9.5 mm high 2.5” hard disks with 500 GB per platter. The result is a range of slim and speedy storage giants.
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Flooding in Thailand Disrupts Tech Supply ChainOct 13, 2011 - in News
The ongoing severe flooding in Thailand appears to have impact on the availability on the overall supply in the region.
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Q2 HDD, SSD and ODD Shipments Climb SlightlyOct 13, 2011 - in News
Hard drive (HDD), optical disk drive (ODD) and solid state disk drive (SSD) manufacturers shipped 248.8 million storage devices in the second quarter of this year, 4.5% more than in Q1 and 5.6% more than in the second quarter of 2010, according to IHS.
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167 Million HDDs Shipped In Q2, WD LeadsSep 7, 2011 - in News
Hard drive manufacturers shipped 167.1 million hard drives in the second quarter of this year, up 4% from 160.5 million units in Q1, according to market research firm IHS.
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Seagate to Control 40-Percent of HDD MarketMay 3, 2011 - in News
Following the acquisition of Samsung's HDD unit, Seagate will be holding about 40% of the global hard drive disk market, according to IHS iSuppli.
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WD Acquires Hitachi GST for $4.3 BillionMar 7, 2011 - in News
WD has acquired Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and $750 million in stock.
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Business Storage: A Look At The 3.5" To 2.5" TransitionOct 22, 2010 - in Reviews
There is more than one way to skin a cat. Several hard drive vendors have created transitional products to simplify the transition from 3.5" disks to more compact 2.5" devices in SMB-class servers. We cover three different options you can use.
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WD Introduces Fastest Ever VelociRaptor HDDsApr 7, 2010 - in News
Not ready to go SSD? Then these could fill your need for speed.
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WD Launches SLC-based SSD for Heavy Duty UseMar 4, 2010 - in News
This SSD has the SLC for your serious needs.
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HDDs, The Next Generation: Drives With 4KB Sectors On The WayFeb 25, 2010 - in Reviews
In the future, an increasing number of hard drives will be writing data in 4KB chunks (rather than 512 bytes) to increase storage capacities. Performance isn’t impacted, as long as you follow some rules. We put WD’s new EARS series on the test bench.
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Inside Western Digital: How Tomorrow's Storage Gets MadeFeb 14, 2010 - in Picture Story
Rarely, if ever, are press outlets allowed unrestricted access to R&D facilities. We jumped at the chance to visit Western Digital and tour the company's campus with virtually free reign. Get ready to see hard drives as you've never seen them before.
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Can Bargain SSDs Give Windows A Quantum Performance Leap?Dec 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Do you have a case of the boot-up blues? Are app load times sucking your will to live? Everybody knows that SSDs can accelerate certain system tasks, but can an affordable SSD deliver a quantum leap in everyday Windows tasks? We did the tests
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Laptop Storage: 640GB And 500GB Drives From WD And FujitsuNov 2, 2009 - in Reviews
We're looking at two new notebook hard drives today: Fujitsu’s 500GB 2.5" disk and WD’s brand new 640GB 2.5" model (the largest notebook drive you can buy). The capacities on both products are outstanding, but neither drive is completely perfect.
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500GB Per Platter: Three Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Hard DrivesOct 29, 2009 - in Reviews
Fast, 3.5” hard drives have now reached the 2TB mark, combining capacity and performance. The new storage density provides benefits for budget buyers, as well as the mainstream, including less heat, less noise, more capacity, and of course, more speed.
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NAS Attack: Network Storage From Thecus And Western DigitalOct 9, 2009 - in Reviews
Thecus is first company to offer an attractive little 2.5” NAS solution that works well in your living room, while Western Digital’s dual-drive NAS delivers up to 4TB of capacity with RAID 0 and 1. Today's we're testing the two very-different devices.
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High-Capacity Business Hard Drives: Biggest Of The BunchAug 14, 2009 - in Reviews
The Seagate Barracuda LP, WD Caviar RAID Edition 4, Hitachi Deskstar E series, and Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen battle for the attention of business users. Who offers best performance and efficiency? We test the latest drives with up to 2 TB to find out.
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1.5 TB Low-Power HDDs: Green Gets BigJun 24, 2009 - in Reviews
The latest 2 TB hard drives are still expensive, but 1.5 TB disks provide low power consumption at a better cost-to-capacity ratio. We look at offerings from Samsung and Western Digital to determine the value of taking a step down from the flagships.
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Perfect Notebook Storage: Seven 2.5” 500 GB DrivesJun 18, 2009 - in Reviews
We compare the latest 500 GB notebook drives from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Toshiba and WD. Seagate is first manufacturer to reach 500 GB at 7,200 RPM, but which is really the best drive? We loaded up our updated test system to find out.
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Roundup: Hand-Held Hard Drives With Up To 500 GBMay 15, 2009 - in Reviews
Big hard drive capacities aren't just for immobile desktops any more. We round up the latest portable disks from Fujitsu, Samsung, Seagate, and Western Digital in order to gauge the performance you can expect from hand-held drives with up to 500 GB.