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.ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">HGST, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:HGST_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/HGST_Logo.png/250px-HGST_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/HGST_Logo.png/330px-HGST_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/HGST_Logo.png/500px-HGST_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Computer_storage_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer storage device">Computer storage devices</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s hard drive business</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2003<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2003</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2018<span class="noprint">; 7 years ago</span><span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend">2018</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired by <a href="/wiki/Western_Digital" title="Western Digital">Western Digital</a> in 2012; brand phased out in 2018</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Mike Cordano (<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">President</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">Hard disk drives</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">solid-state drives</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/External_storage" title="External storage">external storage</a> devices</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">45,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.hgst.com/">https://www.hgst.com/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HGST_Fujisawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/HGST_Fujisawa.jpg/250px-HGST_Fujisawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/HGST_Fujisawa.jpg/500px-HGST_Fujisawa.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>HGST's Fujisawa plant, expanded from <a href="/wiki/IBM_Fujisawa#Fujisawa_manufacturing" title="IBM Fujisawa">IBM's Fujisawa plant</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>HGST, Inc.</b> (<b>Hitachi Global Storage Technologies</b>) was a manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">hard disk drives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">solid-state drives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/External_storage" title="External storage">external storage</a> products and services. </p><p>It was initially a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a>, formed through its acquisition of <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>'s disk drive business. It was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Western_Digital" title="Western Digital">Western Digital</a> in 2012. However, until October 2015, it was required to operate autonomously from the remainder of the company due to conditions imposed by Chinese regulators. Chinese regulators later permitted Western Digital to begin wider integration of HGST into its main business. By 2018, the HGST brand had been phased out, with its remaining products now marketed under the Western Digital name. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hitachi Global Storage Technologies was founded on January 6, 2003, as a merger of the hard disk drive businesses of <a href="/wiki/History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives#"Star"_series_of_HDDs" title="History of IBM magnetic disk drives">IBM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hitachi paid IBM US$2.05 billion for its HDD business.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 8, 2012, <a href="/wiki/Western_Digital" title="Western Digital">Western Digital</a> (WD) acquired Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $3.9 billion in cash and 25 million shares of WD common stock valued at approximately $900 million. 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. Citing <a href="/wiki/Antitrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitrust">antitrust</a> concerns, China's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China">Ministry of Commerce</a> required HGST to operate autonomously from Western Digital, restricting outright integration between the companies' operations. As a result, HGST continued to operate independently with its own product lines and product development.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the deal, Western Digital agreed to trade assets with <a href="/wiki/Toshiba" title="Toshiba">Toshiba</a>, with Toshiba receiving assets for the production of 3.5-inch hard drives (1, 2 and 3-platter drives produced in <a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>), in exchange for a Toshiba factory in Thailand for producing 2.5-inch drives (which had been inactive since the <a href="/wiki/2011_Thailand_floods" title="2011 Thailand floods">2011 floods</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2013, HGST announced a 6 TB capacity drive filled with <a href="/wiki/Helium" title="Helium">helium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2014, the company announced a 10 TB helium drive, which uses <a href="/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording" title="Shingled magnetic recording">shingled magnetic recording</a> to improve density.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a decision allowing Western Digital to begin integrating HGST into its main business. WD was required to maintain the HGST brand and sale team for at least two more years.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, first WD-branded products left HGST's plant at 304 Industrial Park in <a href="/wiki/Prachinburi_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Prachinburi Province">Prachinburi Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>; in reverse, certain HGST-branded products became produced at Western Digital's plants in <a href="/wiki/Bang_Pa-in_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bang Pa-in District">Bang Pa-in District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayutthaya Province">Ayutthaya Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penang" title="Penang">Penang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>. In 2018, Western Digital announced that it was phasing out its HGST brand and that all of its remaining product lines (particularly Ultrastar) will henceforth be marketed as brands of Western Digital.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hard_drives_and_solid-state_drives">Hard drives and solid-state drives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hard drives and solid-state drives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg/250px-HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg/330px-HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg/500px-HGST_HUA723020ALA640_2013-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="1792" /></a><figcaption>Ultrastar HUA723020ALA640</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ultrastar_(WD_brand)" title="Ultrastar (WD brand)">Ultrastar</a> – Enterprise-class line of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch HDDs with <a href="/wiki/SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fibre_Channel" title="Fibre Channel">Fibre Channel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serial_Attached_SCSI" title="Serial Attached SCSI">SAS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Serial_ATA" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial ATA">SATA</a> interfaces; and a line of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch Fibre Channel, SAS and <a href="/wiki/PCI_Express" title="PCI Express">PCIe</a> <a href="/wiki/NVM_Express" title="NVM Express">NVMe</a> SSDs. Now marketed under Western Digital brand.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HGST_Deskstar" class="mw-redirect" title="HGST Deskstar">Deskstar</a> – Desktop-class line in 3.5-inch form factor with SATA interfaces. Phased out after discontinuation of HGST brand. Western Digital-branded successors are 3.5-inch variants of WD Blue and Black HDDs, and for Deskstar NAS drives also WD Red.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HGST_Travelstar" class="mw-redirect" title="HGST Travelstar">Travelstar</a> – Mobile-class line in 2.5-inch form factor with SATA interfaces. Phased out after discontinuation of HGST brand. Western Digital-branded successors are 2.5-inch variants of WD Blue and Black HDDs.</li> <li>Endurastar – Ruggedized line in 2.5-inch form factor with PATA or SATA interfaces, primarily for automotive applications. Phased out after discontinuation of HGST brand.</li> <li>CinemaStar – 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors, optimized for consumer electronics applications requiring quiet operation and AV streaming commands support. Phased out after discontinuation of HGST brand. Western Digital-branded successors are WD Purple and AV.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="External_storage">External storage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External storage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>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.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="G-Technology">G-Technology</a> external storage products, acquired in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are sold to <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> communities, including users of multimedia content such as <a href="/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro" title="Final Cut Pro">Final Cut Pro</a> digital audio/video production professionals. Now rebranded as SanDisk Professional.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Touro family of cloud storage backup products.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi-LG_Data_Storage" title="Hitachi-LG Data Storage">Hitachi-LG Data Storage</a> (HLDS) – joint venture of <a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a> and <a href="/wiki/LG" title="LG">LG</a>; manufacturer of <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> drives.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Data_Systems" title="Hitachi Data Systems">Hitachi Data Systems</a> (HDS) – manufacturer of modular enterprise storage systems, software and services.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGST&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/E/2003/0106a/">"Hitachi Establishes "Hitachi Global Storage Technologies," Taking A Bold New Step for Storage Innovation"</a> (Press release). 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title="Keihin Corporation">Keihin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissin_Kogyo" title="Nissin Kogyo">Nissin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Showa_Corporation" title="Showa Corporation">Showa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokico" title="Tokico">Tokico</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi-LG_Data_Storage" title="Hitachi-LG Data Storage">Hitachi-LG Data Storage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_Controls_Hitachi" title="Johnson Controls Hitachi">Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(40%)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tata_Hitachi_Construction_Machinery" title="Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery">Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(60%)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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left;background-color: #eee;">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternate_lighting_of_surfaces" title="Alternate lighting of surfaces">ALiS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMIEW" title="EMIEW">EMIEW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Adaptable_Modular_Storage_2000" title="Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000">Adaptable Modular Storage 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Starboard" title="Hitachi Starboard">Hitachi Starboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hitachi_locomotives" title="Category:Hitachi locomotives">Locomotives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Magic_Wand" title="Hitachi Magic Wand">Hitachi Magic Wand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hitachi_multiple_units" title="Category:Hitachi multiple units">Multiple units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_917" title="Hitachi 917">Hitachi 917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi_SR8000" title="Hitachi 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