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Storage
6 Feb 2024 |
Western Digital is buying Hoya's glass media sputtering operation to secure and expand its 2.5-inch media supply as demand for these small disk drives ramps up and up. Hoya is a Japanese optical equipment supplier, and media sputtering is a process whereby atoms are ejected from a solid material and form a thin film on the …