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1970–1971 1971–1991 1991–1997 1997–2004
1970–1971 1971–1991 1991–1997 1997–2004
2004–2017 (primary); 2017–2019 (secondary) 2017–2022 (primary); 2022–present (secondary) 2019–present (secondary) 2022–present
2004–2017 (primary); 2017–2019 (secondary) 2017–2022 (primary); 2022–present (secondary) 2019–present (secondary) 2022–present

General Digital Corporation[]

1970–1971[]

General Digital Corporation logo
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Eurostile Black
Eurostile Regular
Launched:  Unknown

Between April 1970 and July 1971, the company was known as General Digital Corporation.[1]

Western Digital[]

1971–1991[]

Western Digital logo 1971
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Eurostile Black (modified)
Launched:  Unknown

1991–1997[]

Western Digital (1991)

1997–2004[]

Western Digital (1997)

2004–2017 (primary), 2017–2019 (secondary)[]

Western Digital 2004

Since late 2013, it dropped the wordmark in favor of the WD logomark for the consumer internal and external storage drives but it kept the full logo as a corporate logo until 2017. The original blue variant of the WD logomark was used on most consumer products until 2019. However, it is still being present on some webpages such as the WD Support's software download page.

2019–present (secondary)[]

Western Digital 2019

In 2019, the WD logo changed its color from blue to orange. It is presently used only on all of WD-branded external HDD and SSD drives while most consumer internal HDD and SSD drives will mostly use the 2017-present Western Digital logo.

2017–present[]

2017–2022 (primary), 2022–present (secondary)[]

Western Digital 2017

To reflect their acquisition of SanDisk back in 2016, Western Digital changed its logo. The logo was later implemented to their products: first on its professional and enterprise drives in late 2017, and consumer internal HDD and SSD drives in 2019, and also appeared on WD_BLACK series internal drives.

2022–present[]

Western Digital 2022 (alternative)

To celebrate their 52nd anniversary, Western Digital unveiled new brand symbol on April 12, 2022.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Architecture Technology Corporation (2013). StarLAN Technology Report. Elsevier Science.

External links[]

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