Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation (WDC, commonly known as Western Digital or WD) is an American computer drive manufacturer and data storage company, headquartered in San Jose, California. It designs, manufactures and sells data technology products, including data storage devices, data center systems and cloud storage services.
Not to be confused with Western Design Center.Formerly
General Digital Corporation (1970–1971)
April 23, 1970 in Newport Beach, California
Alvin B. Phillips
Worldwide
David Goeckeler (CEO)[1]
- Hard disk drives
- NAND Flash-based storage devices
- Storage systems
US$12.3 billion (2023)
US$−1.3 billion (2023)
US$−1.7 billion (2023)
US$24.4 billion (2023)
US$10.8 billion (2023)
c. 53,000 (2023)
Western Digital has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company. It is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers, along with producing solid state drives and flash memory devices. Its competitors include the data management and storage companies Seagate Technology and Micron Technology.[3]