Western Digital Corporation (often abbreviated as WDC or WD) is one of the largest computer hard disk drivemanufacturers (along with Seagate Technology) in the world.^[4]

Western Digital Corporation (often abbreviated as WDC or WD) is one of the largest computer hard disk drivemanufacturers (along with Seagate Technology) in the world.^[4]

Western Digital Corporation has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company. Western Digital was founded on April 23, 1970 by Alvin B. Phillips, a Motorola employee, asGeneral Digital, initially (and briefly) a manufacturer of MOS test equipment. It rapidly became a specialitysemiconductor maker, with start-up capital provided by several individual investors and industrial giant Emerson Electric Company. Around July 1971, it adopted its current name and soon introduced its first product, the WD1402AUART.