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Western Digital Corporation
Public (NYSE: WDC)
Industry Computer hardware
Founded April 23, 1970
Headquarters
United States Lake Forest, Orange County, California
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United States
Key people
 John F. Coyne (CEO)
Joseph R. Carrillo (Vice President/Controller/CAO)
Hossein Moghadam (CTO, SVP)
Thomas E. Pardun (Chairman)
Timothy M. Leyden (EVP, CFO)
Products Hard disk drives
Revenue Increase $4.34 billion USD (2006)
Increase $395 million USD (2006)
Number of employees
 Increase 51,000 (2008)
Subsidiaries ION Media Networks

Western Digital is an American technology company. It is based in the U.S. state of California. They make hard drives. Hard drives are used by computers to store data.


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    Western Digital Tidbit 60 (WDAH260) - 62.3 MB (2.5 inch drive mounted in 3.5 inch adapter bracket)

  • Two Western Digital VelociRaptor 1 TB SATA 10,000 rpm 3.5-inch HDDs

    Two third-generation 1 TB VelociRaptors in IcePack mounting frames

  • Western Digital "Red" 4 TB SATA NAS-optimized 3.5-inch HDD

    Western Digital "Red" 4 TB, a NAS-optimized 3.5-inch SATA HDD

  • Western Digital My Passport Ultra

    A red redesigned My Passport Ultra Drive with a storage of 2TB

  • 2TB WD Elements Portable 1 2016-07-03

    WD Elements Portable 2TB from 2016.

  • Paradise-VGA-1MB-89

    Western Digital Paradise VGA card, 8-bit ISA bus, circa 1989

  • Hard disk Western Digital WD740 1 (dark1)

    Western Digital WD740GD 74 GB Raptor, a 10,000 rpm 3.5-inch HDD

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