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WD moves to finalise purchase of Hitachi HDD division

WD moves to finalise purchase of Hitachi HDD division

NEWS

Western Digital has announced that it is close to finalising the purchase of Viviti Technologies, the holding company of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 7th 2012 at 11:49AM
Hitachi ship 1TB-per-platter drives

Hitachi ship 1TB-per-platter drives

NEWS

Hitachi GST announced that it has begun shipped drives based on a single 1TB platter with the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D offering capacities from 250GB to 1TB.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 6th 2011 at 11:04PM
WD to acquire Hitachi storage division

WD to acquire Hitachi storage division

NEWS

Western Digital has signed an acquisition deal with Hitachi to buy the Japanese company’s Global Storage Technologies division for $4.3 billion.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 8th 2011 at 10:14AM
Hitachi launches ultra-thin laptop drive

Hitachi launches ultra-thin laptop drive

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Hitachi GTS has launched the ‘thin and rugged’ Travelstar Z5K500 2.5-inch hard drive which the firm says will enable new designs for ultra-portable laptops and netbooks.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Dec 21st 2010 at 1:52AM
Hitachi releases 3TB hard drive

Hitachi releases 3TB hard drive

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The Hitachi 7K3000 is set to be the first of the firm’s drives to hit the 3TB storage mark and the first to add support for the 6Gb/s SATA interface ...

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Nov 19th 2010 at 5:44AM
Hitachi ships 'fastest and most energy efficient' hard drive

Hitachi ships 'fastest and most energy efficient' hard drive

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Hitachi has announced it has begun shipping what it claims is the industry's fastest and most power efficient 10k RPM enterprise hard drive.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Oct 12th 2010 at 5:49AM
Hard drive makers face 'significant decisions' ahead

Hard drive makers face 'significant decisions' ahead

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Hard drive maker Hitachi's research boss has said that a big change is needed to take physical disks beyond 2015. 

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Aug 20th 2010 at 7:24AM
EU fines chipmakers for price-fixing

EU fines chipmakers for price-fixing

NEWS

The European Commission has fined nine chipmakers including Samsung and Toshiba a total of over €330 million for illegal price fixing.

by Nicky Trup
on May 20th 2010 at 10:32AM
Dell sues LCD vendors for alleged price fixing

Dell sues LCD vendors for alleged price fixing

NEWS

Dell has filed a lawsuit against five LCD display vendors including Toshiba, Hitachi and Sharp for allegedly forming an illegal cartel.

by Nicky Trup
on Mar 15th 2010 at 11:08AM
BETT 2010: Hitachi launches StarBoard

BETT 2010: Hitachi launches StarBoard

NEWS

Hitachi used this year’s BETT to announce the launch of its FX-77G2 series of interactive whiteboards in the UK, and its associated PX-Duo-50-P plasma overlay.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Jan 14th 2010 at 12:11PM
Nokia files suit against tech giants

Nokia files suit against tech giants

NEWS

Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has filed lawsuits against some of the world’s leading technology companies for allegedly operating illegal cartels.

by Nicky Trup
on Dec 1st 2009 at 10:09AM
Japanese mobile trio announce merger

Japanese mobile trio announce merger

NEWS

Three Japanese electronics firms have announced plans to merge their mobile phone operations.

by Rob Crossley
on Sep 14th 2009 at 1:29PM
Hitachi to split

Hitachi to split

NEWS Hitachi is to split its consumer electronics and automotive businesses in two as part of a fundamental restructuring of the company, after it warned investors it would make a ¥700bn ...
by Ben Furfie
on Mar 16th 2009 at 2:12PM
Hitachi pleads guilty to price-fixing

Hitachi pleads guilty to price-fixing

NEWS Hitachi has been fined $31 million by the US Department of Justice after it pleaded guilty to price-fixing charges.

Matt Grainger
by Matt Grainger
on Mar 11th 2009 at 11:16AM
Comet to stock ultra-thin Hitachi TV

Comet to stock ultra-thin Hitachi TV

NEWS Comet has announced that it will be stocking Hitachi's ultra-thin LCD, which weighs in at tiny 10.9kg and is just 35mm thick.

by Ben Furfie
on Apr 21st 2008 at 12:27PM
Hitachi to cease small HDD production

Hitachi to cease small HDD production

NEWS Hitachi has indicated that it is preparing to phase out production of small sized hard drives, highlighting increasing competition from flash-based products as the key driver for its move.

by Ben Furfie
on Jan 7th 2008 at 12:30PM
Giants to form flat-panel alliance

Giants to form flat-panel alliance

NEWS Japanese giants, Canon, Matsushita and Hitachi, are about to conclude an alliance over flat panel displays according to Nikkei.net.

by Christopher Dring
on Dec 19th 2007 at 11:59AM