16 Apr
2005
16 Apr
'05
5:27 a.m.
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 20:37 -0400, William Warren wrote:
I would be interested in the informaiton that WD outsources their manufacturing to other drive makers please..:)
It's extremely hard to come by. It's not very public knowledge -- just like the fact that DLink, Linksys and many others get most of their equipment from Bromaxx and maybe 1 other.
But WD shut down their fabs over 5 years ago, largely due to costs. They largely used IBM at that time, who's fabs are now Hitachi's. But WD had bought from several sources.
In fact, there is a consortium of suppliers akin to "PC Chips" in the hard drive industry. They are largely fed by Maxtor, although some come from Hitachi too.
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