Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd.

[edit] Summary

Hitachi purchased IBM's hard disk drive division, integrated their own HDD operations, and launched the company in 2003.

Hitachi GST is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. In Japan, development sites are located in Odawara and Fujisawa.

[edit] Brands

• Ultrastar - SCSI, Fibre Channel, and SAS interfaces
• Deskstar - 3.5" form factor with PATA and SATA interfaces
• Travelstar - 2.5" and 1.8" form factors with PATA and SATA interfaces
• Endurastar - 2.5" form factor with PATA interface (ruggedized model)
• Microdrive - 1" form factor with CompactFlash Type II and CE ZIF connector interfaces

[edit] External links

• Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (English)
• 日立グローバルストレージテクノロジーズ (Japanese)
• "Hitachi Establishes 'Hitachi Global Storage Technologies,' Taking A Bold New Step for Storage Innovation" (Hitachi, Ltd. press release)