Renamed from the original Hitachi Global Storage, it is a brand of Western Digital, the world's leading manufacturer of external storage equipment such as hard disks/set-top boxes, and a professional company integrating R&D, production and sales

HGST, a division of Western Digital Corporation, develops advanced hard drives, enterprise-class SSDs, and innovative external storage solutions and services for storing, protecting, and managing the world's valuable data. Founded by a pioneer in the hard drive industry, HGST is dedicated to providing high-value storage solutions to meet a wide range of market needs, including enterprise, desktop, mobile computing, consumer electronics, and personal storage. HGST was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.

Hitachi Storage Hitachi GST officially changed its name to HGST Yuke Global Storage

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, also known as Hitachi GST, today announced that it has changed its name to HGST following the acquisition of Western Digital Corporation (WDC) in March 2012.

In order to comply with the relevant antitrust regulations, HGST and WD are currently two independent subsidiaries of WDC, with different brands and product lines.

After the name change, HGST's existing business and products will not be affected. With the exception of the discontinued products, the rest of HGST's products will continue to be sold. HGST will also honour the warranty period of the product.

Yuke Global Storage Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technology Inc.) was created based on the strategic integration of IBM and Hitachi in the storage technology business. The storage business is one of the five core businesses of Yuke, and the introduction of advanced technology and abundant capital are important factors for its business development and profit growth. The company aims to provide users with a full digital lifestyle by providing high-capacity storage products for the office, on the go, and at home. Yuke Global Storage Technologies is focused on rapidly expanding the scope of hard disk drives beyond the boundaries of traditional computer applications to consumer electronics and other emerging products.

The company will inherit the world-renowned R&D know-how of IBM and Hitachi, and carry forward its combined 80 years of hard disk drive expertise. With strong and focused R&D technology and investment in development, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies will inspire and lead the future of storage technology.

In the hard disk drive market, Yuke Global Storage Technology Co., Ltd. sincerely provides customers with a full range of customer-oriented and comprehensive services. Through a world-class operating model, pragmatic top-notch technical knowledge, and a well-established customer support service structure, the company's product and service quality has reached an impressive level
In terms of product categories, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies offers a series of industry-leading product portfolios, including 1-inch, 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard disk storage devices and solutions, to meet the needs of different markets.

Yuke Global Storage Technologies consists of four product business units and one in-house business unit:

Desktop Drives--- Yuke Global Storage Technology offers a wide range of desktop drives to meet the needs of both traditional and advanced desktop applications, such as multimedia, video streaming, stereoscopic images and digital photos. The company will leverage its extensive technical expertise to continue its award-winning Deskstar's exemplary legacy of creative technology and performance excellence.

Mobile Electronics HDD--- Yuke Global Storage Technology has the broadest mobile storage product line in the industry, including the industry's first high-performance, high-capacity 1-inch hard drive. Microdrives offer capacities ranging from 340MB to 1GB, with better performance than other similar products in the market, and their cost per megabyte is significantly lower than that of competitors. It's the world's thinnest, smallest, and highest-performance 1-inch drive, weighing less than a 2A battery. Micro HDDs are designed for applications that require a large capacity in a small form factor, such as digital cameras, PDAs, and MP3s.

Server HDD - Yuke Global Storage Technology also provides a complete set of server hard disk products, and it also has a high market share in the 10000 and 15000RPM series products. Its Ultrastar server hard drive series delivers high-capacity data processing for data-intensive applications and user support for many high-end interfaces.
Emerging Markets - Yuke Global Storage Technology's emerging markets business is primarily responsible for providing consumers with a variety of solutions, and it is continuously researching and developing hard drives to make hard drives more widely used in areas beyond the traditional IT industry. Another mission is to promote and nurture the new hard drive market for products that are relevant to consumers, thereby creating more business opportunities and growing the business.

Heads/Discs - Yuke Global Storage Technology develops and manufactures its own hard disk heads and discs. In this way, we can effectively control and manage the quality and design development of products, so that the pace of product development can keep up with customer needs.