Date: 22/04/2012

Over 1 billion hard disk drives sold with Marvell chips inside by Western Digital

Marvell and Western Digital Corp. have announced that Western Digital (WD) shipped more than one billion hard disk drives with Marvell chips inside. Marvell's shipments to WD cross a billion units since 2001 till date.

"Marvell continues to deliver high performance silicon products on a consistent basis, which is helping us succeed in the highly competitive hard disk drive storage industry," said Rubik Babakanian, WD's senior vice president and chief procurement officer. "We are pleased to achieve this significant milestone with Marvell and are confident that our recently expanded technological partnership with and commitment from Marvell will be mutually beneficial as we bring new advanced storage products to the market."

"We are proud of the accomplishments Marvell and WD have achieved together in the storage industry for more than a decade," said Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell's chairman and chief executive officer. "Storage technologies and the ability to support ever increasing capacity requirements continue to be a critical driver in the evolution of consumer electronics, and currently we are collaborating on advanced signal processing technologies and progressive integration techniques that will enable WD to develop cutting edge products well into the future. It is an exciting time for both organizations, and the future has never looked brighter as we continue to work together to drive the industry forward."