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Western Digital Corporation
Type Public (NYSE: WDC)
Industry Computer hardware
When it was created April 23, 1970
Headquarters United States Lake Forest, Orange County, California, 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)
Things made Hard disk drives
Money earned Increase $4.34 billion USD (2006)
Net income Increase $395 million USD (2006)
Employees Increase 51,000 (2008)
Subsidiaries ION Media Networks
Website www.wdc.com

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.

Images for kids

  • Western Digital Tidbit 60 front

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

  • Western Digital Caviar280

    Western Digital Caviar 80 MB (model number WDAC280-32), from a series of HDDs for desktop PCs; it is a 3.5-inch HDD mounted onto a 5.25-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

  • 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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