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Wednesday 26 July 2017
Toshiba transfers Phison shares to memory unit
Toshiba has transferred its partial stake stake in Phison Electronics to its memory unit, Toshiba Memory (TMC), according to the Taiwan-based memory device controller supplier.
Wednesday 21 June 2017
WD comments on Toshiba bid on flash JV
Western Digital has issued a statement regarding Toshiba's selection of a consortium led by Korea-based SK Hynix and Bain Capital Japan, with funding provided by the government in...
Monday 5 June 2017
Western Digital to deliver world's first client solid state drives with 64-layer 3D NAND technology
Western Digital Corporation (“Western Digital”) (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data storage technology and solutions leader, today announced the world’s first client solid...
Monday 10 April 2017
Phison looking to maintain tie with Toshiba memory-chip business
Phison Electronics will be seeking to maintain its tie with Toshiba's flash memory business even if the ownership of the business is transferred, according to Khein Seng Pua, chairman...
Thursday 2 March 2017
Global HDD shipments in 2016 estimated at 425.8 million units, says IDEMA Japan
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,...
Friday 9 September 2016
Western Digital, Unisplendour form joint venture
Western Digital and Unisplendour, a part of China's Tsinghua Unigroup, have announced the launch of their previously-announced joint venture.
Friday 29 July 2016
Western Digital announces 64-layer 3D NAND technology
Western Digital has successfully developed next-generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, with 64 layers of vertical storage capability, according to the company. Pilot production of...
Monday 18 July 2016
Toshiba, Western Digital open new flash memory fab in Japan
Toshiba and Western Digital have jointly announced the opening of a new fab in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, which will support the conversion of the companies' 2D NAND capacity...
Wednesday 24 February 2016
China firm terminates investment plan in Western Digital
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...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Seagate launches 10TB HDD
Seagate has launched 10TB helium hard drives targeting the enterprise sector. The hard disc drive (HDD) has already received orders from players such as Huawei and Alibaba.
Monday 7 December 2015
Western Digital, Seagate in 10TB HDD competition
Following Western Digital's releases of shingled magnetic recording (SMR)-based helium-filled 10TB hard disc drive (HDD) and perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)-based 10TB HDD,...
Thursday 5 November 2015
Western Digital, Seagate see PCs growing less important to revenues
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...
Thursday 22 October 2015
Western Digital announces acquisition of SanDisk
Western Digital and SanDisk on October 21 announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Western Digital will acquire all of the outstanding shares of SanDisk...
Monday 22 June 2015
Western Digital, Seagate release new mobile HDDs
Western Digital and Seagate have both released new mobile hard disk drive (HDD) products recently as demand has been rising rapidly. Western Digital has launched mobile HDDs with...
Monday 19 January 2015
JMicron grabs SSD controller orders from Western Digital, says report
Memory controller IC supplier JMicron Technology has grabbed orders for solid-state drives (SSD) from Western Digital (WD), as well as orders from memory module makers including Adata...