Western Digital leaves SSD market, focuses on hard drives

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Western Digital has officially exited the SSD market, spinning off its NAND flash memory business to SanDisk. This separation allows Western Digital to concentrate solely on hard disk drives. SanDisk will continue to produce and sell SSDs, ensuring that production remains stable. The transition was planned since October 2023, and the familiar WD branding will be replaced in future SSD products. Western Digital aims to focus on opportunities in the HDD market, anticipating increased demand as data storage needs grow. The company is also exploring new applications for its technologies in magnetics and materials science.


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