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Western Digital drops $4.3 billion to acquire Hitachi GST

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:56 am
by DaMaN
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/western-digital-drops-4-3-billion-to-acquire-hitachi-gst-enter/



"..Western Digital -- the company responsible for shipping the planet's first 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive way back in 2009 -- just announced a monstrous deal to acquire one of its primary competitors, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies..."

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:59 pm
by normalicy
Yeah, it'll probably be similar to Seagate/Maxtor. Same drives, different label.