Technology and Strategy


What’s the Buzz about RISC-V?

What’s the Buzz about RISC-V?

Check out a short video of Steffen Hellmold, VP of Corporate Strategy, and Martin Fink, CTO, discussing RISC-V and why it is interesting to Western Digital. The first in a series to communicate our RISC-V strategy.

August 6, 2018 • 2 min read People

How Open Innovation Can Free the Data Path

How Open Innovation Can Free the Data Path

A general purpose processor is fine for most servers and mobile phones, but isn’t optimized for the specific requirements created by the rise of Big Data and Fast Data applications. A big data application such as analytics has a very different processing profile that can handle large amounts of data versus a Fast Data application such as autonomous car controls, which requires time-critical processing for smaller amounts of data.

August 6, 2018 • 6 min read Data

Step Into the Office of the CTO

Step Into the Office of the CTO

How can we help create value from data? Since a large percentage of the world’s data lives on our products, we believe that Western Digital is in a unique position to drive innovation around data. We look forward to sharing the excitement of our activities.

June 27, 2018 • 2 min read People