Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division?

Hi All,

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division?
Or is Toshiba still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

-T

T wrote:
Hi All,

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division?
Or is Toshiba still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

-T

Check Wikipedia entries for Seagate and WDC, to get the scoop.

That should give you enough to track down any press releases.

There might still be some laptop drive manufacturing, not
being done by the two companies. I don't know if there
is much else going on. They've pretty well concentrated
the whole industry under their respective tents.

This article is from 2016, and a quick glance at this tells
you what is left. Toshiba is still a thing... Even though
at the current time, Toshiba is selling stuff left and
right, to fix the nuclear meltdown in their financials
(Westinghouse?).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10315/...down-q1-2016/2

Paul

On 09/05/2017 12:24 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division?
Or is Toshiba still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

-T

Check Wikipedia entries for Seagate and WDC, to get the scoop.

That should give you enough to track down any press releases.

There might still be some laptop drive manufacturing, not
being done by the two companies. I don't know if there
is much else going on. They've pretty well concentrated
the whole industry under their respective tents.

This article is from 2016, and a quick glance at this tells
you what is left. Toshiba is still a thing... Even though
at the current time, Toshiba is selling stuff left and
right, to fix the nuclear meltdown in their financials
(Westinghouse?).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10315/...down-q1-2016/2


Paul

Thank you!

I duck duck go'ed it. My head was spinning with who bought
who and who sold who

T wrote:

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division? Or is Toshiba
still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

Seagate had something to do with acquiring HDDs manufacture from, I
think, Control Data. That was back when CDC started divesting itself of
various branches of its conglomeration.

Seagate acquired Conner Peripherals (founded by a prior Seagate
co-founder but Conner never produced any drives until they merged with
CoData) in 1996.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Maxtor in 2006.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Samsung in 2011.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24663...usi ness.html

In 2012, a flood prevent access to their Thai plant so Toshiba had to
move the production load to their existing China and Phillipines.

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...i-hdd-factory/

Because of this, Toshiba and WDC agreed to have Toshiba-brand HDDs
manufactured at WDC's plant. So is a Toshiba-branded HDD really still a
Toshiba HDD or did it become a WDC-manufactured HDD with a Toshiba
sticker? Depends on in which plant the Toshiba-branded HDD was made.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshi...s-255666.shtml

HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a merger of IBM with Hitachi)
was acquired by (became a subsidiary of) WDC.
*Seagate acquired Western Digital in 2014.*

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...named-seawest/

What saved consumers from getting stuck with the poor quality Seagate
HDDs (up to around 2008) was that the acquisitions continued using their
existing production facilities. I never kept track of what Seagate did
with their own production facilities after the acquisitions. The one in
my metropolis went away about 2 years after they acquired Maxtor. My
guess is Seagate got out of the manufacture seat, bought up the others,
and let those companies make the Seagate-branded and other-branded HDDs.

You can see a graph of the demise of brands at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._manufacturers

The graph is not up to date. WDC was gobbled up by Seagate back a
couple years ago.

Toshiba acquried OCZ. Now WDC (who already acquired Sandisk) is trying
to buy the NAND division from Toshiba, especially since both use
co-facilities for manufacture. *Remember who acquired WDC?*

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoug.../#653a8c735e9b
https://seekingalpha.com/article/406...isition?page=2

But it looks like Foxconn wants a piece of Toshiba's NAND pie:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN19D093
(also see the seekingalpha.com article above)

That's the only rumor that I've heard so far about Toshiba's chip
production assets. Haven't heard what's going on with their HDD plants.

On 09/05/2017 05:26 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division? Or is Toshiba
still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

Seagate had something to do with acquiring HDDs manufacture from, I
think, Control Data. That was back when CDC started divesting itself of
various branches of its conglomeration.

Seagate acquired Conner Peripherals (founded by a prior Seagate
co-founder but Conner never produced any drives until they merged with
CoData) in 1996.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Maxtor in 2006.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Samsung in 2011.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24663...usi ness.html

In 2012, a flood prevent access to their Thai plant so Toshiba had to
move the production load to their existing China and Phillipines.

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...i-hdd-factory/

Because of this, Toshiba and WDC agreed to have Toshiba-brand HDDs
manufactured at WDC's plant. So is a Toshiba-branded HDD really still a
Toshiba HDD or did it become a WDC-manufactured HDD with a Toshiba
sticker? Depends on in which plant the Toshiba-branded HDD was made.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshi...s-255666.shtml

HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a merger of IBM with Hitachi)
was acquired by (became a subsidiary of) WDC.
*Seagate acquired Western Digital in 2014.*

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...named-seawest/

What saved consumers from getting stuck with the poor quality Seagate
HDDs (up to around 2008) was that the acquisitions continued using their
existing production facilities. I never kept track of what Seagate did
with their own production facilities after the acquisitions. The one in
my metropolis went away about 2 years after they acquired Maxtor. My
guess is Seagate got out of the manufacture seat, bought up the others,
and let those companies make the Seagate-branded and other-branded HDDs.

You can see a graph of the demise of brands at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._manufacturers

The graph is not up to date. WDC was gobbled up by Seagate back a
couple years ago.

Toshiba acquried OCZ. Now WDC (who already acquired Sandisk) is trying
to buy the NAND division from Toshiba, especially since both use
co-facilities for manufacture. *Remember who acquired WDC?*

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoug.../#653a8c735e9b
https://seekingalpha.com/article/406...isition?page=2

But it looks like Foxconn wants a piece of Toshiba's NAND pie:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN19D093
(also see the seekingalpha.com article above)

That's the only rumor that I've heard so far about Toshiba's chip
production assets. Haven't heard what's going on with their HDD plants.



Holy carp!

Look like all we have left is WD, Seagate, and Toshiba.

T wrote:

On 09/05/2017 05:26 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division? Or is Toshiba
still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

Seagate had something to do with acquiring HDDs manufacture from, I
think, Control Data. That was back when CDC started divesting itself of
various branches of its conglomeration.

Seagate acquired Conner Peripherals (founded by a prior Seagate
co-founder but Conner never produced any drives until they merged with
CoData) in 1996.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Maxtor in 2006.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Samsung in 2011.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24663...usi ness.html

In 2012, a flood prevent access to their Thai plant so Toshiba had to
move the production load to their existing China and Phillipines.

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...i-hdd-factory/

Because of this, Toshiba and WDC agreed to have Toshiba-brand HDDs
manufactured at WDC's plant. So is a Toshiba-branded HDD really still a
Toshiba HDD or did it become a WDC-manufactured HDD with a Toshiba
sticker? Depends on in which plant the Toshiba-branded HDD was made.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshi...s-255666.shtml

HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a merger of IBM with Hitachi)
was acquired by (became a subsidiary of) WDC.
*Seagate acquired Western Digital in 2014.*

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...named-seawest/

What saved consumers from getting stuck with the poor quality Seagate
HDDs (up to around 2008) was that the acquisitions continued using their
existing production facilities. I never kept track of what Seagate did
with their own production facilities after the acquisitions. The one in
my metropolis went away about 2 years after they acquired Maxtor. My
guess is Seagate got out of the manufacture seat, bought up the others,
and let those companies make the Seagate-branded and other-branded HDDs.

You can see a graph of the demise of brands at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._manufacturers

The graph is not up to date. WDC was gobbled up by Seagate back a
couple years ago.

Toshiba acquried OCZ. Now WDC (who already acquired Sandisk) is trying
to buy the NAND division from Toshiba, especially since both use
co-facilities for manufacture. *Remember who acquired WDC?*

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoug.../#653a8c735e9b
https://seekingalpha.com/article/406...isition?page=2

But it looks like Foxconn wants a piece of Toshiba's NAND pie:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN19D093
(also see the seekingalpha.com article above)

That's the only rumor that I've heard so far about Toshiba's chip
production assets. Haven't heard what's going on with their HDD plants.


Holy carp!

Look like all we have left is WD, Seagate, and Toshiba.

Actually just Seagate and Toshiba.

On 09/05/2017 07:45 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

On 09/05/2017 05:26 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

Did Western Digital buy Toshiba's hard drive division? Or is Toshiba
still is own self?

Also, what is the scoop on Hitiachi/HGST hard drives?

Seagate had something to do with acquiring HDDs manufacture from, I
think, Control Data. That was back when CDC started divesting itself of
various branches of its conglomeration.

Seagate acquired Conner Peripherals (founded by a prior Seagate
co-founder but Conner never produced any drives until they merged with
CoData) in 1996.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Maxtor in 2006.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/10558135/n...about-billion/

Seagate acquired Samsung in 2011.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24663...usi ness.html

In 2012, a flood prevent access to their Thai plant so Toshiba had to
move the production load to their existing China and Phillipines.

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...i-hdd-factory/

Because of this, Toshiba and WDC agreed to have Toshiba-brand HDDs
manufactured at WDC's plant. So is a Toshiba-branded HDD really still a
Toshiba HDD or did it become a WDC-manufactured HDD with a Toshiba
sticker? Depends on in which plant the Toshiba-branded HDD was made.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toshi...s-255666.shtml

HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a merger of IBM with Hitachi)
was acquired by (became a subsidiary of) WDC.
*Seagate acquired Western Digital in 2014.*

https://www.storagenewsletter.com/20...named-seawest/

What saved consumers from getting stuck with the poor quality Seagate
HDDs (up to around 2008) was that the acquisitions continued using their
existing production facilities. I never kept track of what Seagate did
with their own production facilities after the acquisitions. The one in
my metropolis went away about 2 years after they acquired Maxtor. My
guess is Seagate got out of the manufacture seat, bought up the others,
and let those companies make the Seagate-branded and other-branded HDDs.

You can see a graph of the demise of brands at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._manufacturers

The graph is not up to date. WDC was gobbled up by Seagate back a
couple years ago.

Toshiba acquried OCZ. Now WDC (who already acquired Sandisk) is trying
to buy the NAND division from Toshiba, especially since both use
co-facilities for manufacture. *Remember who acquired WDC?*

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoug.../#653a8c735e9b
https://seekingalpha.com/article/406...isition?page=2

But it looks like Foxconn wants a piece of Toshiba's NAND pie:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN19D093
(also see the seekingalpha.com article above)

That's the only rumor that I've heard so far about Toshiba's chip
production assets. Haven't heard what's going on with their HDD plants.


Holy carp!

Look like all we have left is WD, Seagate, and Toshiba.

Actually just Seagate and Toshiba.


I will be eternally ****ed at WD. (Don't ask.) What happened
to their sorry asses?