It was a 3.5-inch form factor drive with five platters. Hitachi GST, or HGST, in 2012 was acquired by Western Digital. It was formed in 2003 by the sale of IBM's disk drive business to Hitachi.
2013 - HGST announced a helium-filled 6 TB hard disk drive. The device made for less drag and faster processing because helium is lighter than air, but increased manufacturing costs. 2014 - The ...