Toshiba, amidst a period of restructuring, has announced that a $15.3 billion acquisition offer, led by the Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) consortium of domestic enterprises, has been successfully accepted. This has garnered the participation...
Owing to market volatility and the evolution of storage technologies, the shipment volume of HDDs (hard disk drives) continued to contract in the first quarter of 2023. Nearline hard drives, the most profitable segment...
In recent years, Toshiba has been dismantling and selling its subsidiaries. However, it was recently reported that a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) will acquire Toshiba for ¥2 trillion (approximately $15.3 billion)....
With the weak market demand and the change in storage technology, HDD shipments have been showing a downward trend. The latest HDD shipment report recently shows that HDD shipments almost halved in 2022, and...
Toshiba announces the launch of the N300 Pro and X300 Pro series HDDs, offering up to 18TB capacity, 300TB/year workloads, and a five-year limited warranty. Toshiba said that the new products are aimed at...
Hiroyuki Sato, President, and CEO of Toshiba Electronic Components and Storage Corporation (TDSC) announced the roadmap for Toshiba’s next-generation hard drives at an investor relations event held recently in Tokyo, Japan. Data continues to...
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hard disk drives, has confirmed the development of a medium using microwave-assisted switching-microwave assisted magnetic recording technology (MAS-MAMR). This technology will be adopted...
Under normal circumstances, many companies use acquisitions and mergers to expand their scale and integrate more resources to enhance competitiveness and even form monopolies. However, it is not always better to become a giant....
Toshiba released the industry’s first 18TB hard drive with MAMR microwave-assisted magnetic recording (FC-MAMR) technology. They are the X300 series for desktop computers and the N300 series for NAS, which are all consumer products....
Recently, Toshiba sold the remaining shares (19.9%) of its Dynabook brand to Sharp again. It had previously sold 80.1% of its shares to Sharp. So far, Toshiba has sold all of its shares. The...
