Seagate, Toshiba Battle for TDK's Hard-Drive Head Unit Amid AI Demand
Seagate and Toshiba compete to acquire TDK’s magnetic-heads business to expand capabilities in the hard-drive market driven by AI data-center storage demand.
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 5 Oct 2026. MarketWatch published first, on 5 October at 17:34 UTC; Bloomberg Technology followed 10h 19m later. The most recent article, from Latest articles, appeared on 8 October at 04:47 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), MarketWatch, Latest from Tom's Hardware in News, Latest articles.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- MarketWatchWestern Digital and Seagate shares bounce back as analysts downplay the Toshiba threat
- Bloomberg TechnologySeagate Is Said to Battle Toshiba for TDK’s Hard-Drive Head Unit
- Latest from Tom's Hardware in NewsSeagate and Toshiba battle for TDK's HDD head business, a critical hard drive component
- Bloomberg TechnologyAI Data Center Boom Ignites Bidding War for Critical TDK Unit
- Latest articlesAI data-center boom ignites bidding war for critical TDK unit
Sources
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- AI Data Center Boom Ignites Bidding War for Critical TDK Unit Bloomberg Technology ·
- Seagate Is Said to Battle Toshiba for TDK’s Hard-Drive Head Unit Bloomberg Technology ·
- AI data-center boom ignites bidding war for critical TDK unit Latest articles
- Seagate and Toshiba battle for TDK's HDD head business, a critical hard drive component Latest from Tom's Hardware in News
- Western Digital and Seagate shares bounce back as analysts downplay the Toshiba threat MarketWatch
In this story
- TDK Corp.
- Toshiba Corp.
- Seagate Technology Holdings Plc
- Western Digital