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> it's a healthy market Isn't it just Western Digital and Seagate at this point? IBM, Hitachi, and Toshiba storage groups merged to HSGT and was then bought b
by mceachen 5y ago
> it's a healthy market
Isn't it just Western Digital and Seagate at this point?
IBM, Hitachi, and Toshiba storage groups merged to HSGT and was then bought by Western Digital [1] followed by SanDisk [2].
Quantum was bought by Maxtor in 2000, which was subsequently bought by Seagate in 2006. [3]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Digital#Acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Digital#Acquisitions
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor
- dcm360 5y agoToshiba was not merged in to HGST, and is still an independent manufacturer.