Western Digital


2024-12-17

[News] Western Digital’s NAND Flash Division Head to Step Down in Early 2025 ahead of Spin-off

Ahead of Western Digital’s upcoming spin-off, a major personnel shake-up has already taken place, as the memory giant's Executive Vice President and General Manager, Robert Soderbery, who leads the NAND and SSD business unit, will step down on January 2, according to a report from Blocks and Files...

2024-08-21

[News] WD to Spin Off NAND and SSD Business, with a Valuation Reportedly up to USD 22 Billion

According to the reports from EETimes China and Blocks &Files, Western Digital (WD) is said to be considering spinning off its NAND and SSD business, which could be valued similarly to Solidigm. Reportedly, WD plans to split into two separate business units: one focused on producing hard...

2024-08-01

[News] Kioxia’s New NAND Flash Plant in Iwate Sets to Start Operation in Fall 2025

Japanese NAND flash giant Kioxia announced today (August 1st) that the building construction of Fab2 (K2) of its Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture was completed in July. As demand is recovering, the company will gradually make capital investments while closely monitoring flash memory market trends....

2024-06-18

[News] WD and FADU to Co-Develop Enterprise SSD Technology

Recently, Korean SSD controller manufacturer FADU announced a partnership with Western Digital to co-develop the next-generation enterprise SSD technology called "FDP (Flexible Data Placement)." FDP is a standard technology proposed by the Open Compute Project (OCP) and is a newly approved NVMe s...

2024-04-26

[News] Memory Giant WD out of the Red in 1Q24 Driven by the AI Wave, 2Q24 to Keep Improving

According to the report from MoneyDJ, Western Digital (WD), a well-known memory device manufacturer, reported its latest financial report after the American stock market closed on April 25. Both revenue and profit for 1Q24 were better than market expectations, mainly driven by the robust AI demand a...

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