• 2009 – Toshiba acquires Fujitsu HDD business, creating the broadest portfolio of products in the storage industry
• 2009 – Adds complete system backup and password-protected encryption to personal storage line
• 2009 – Adds 500GB USB 2.0 portable external hard disk drive (HDD) to personal storage line
• 2008 – Brings SATA technology to automotive HDDs with 80GB model
• 2008 – Introduces 250GB 1.8-inch Micro SATA HDD for computing applications
• 2008 – Announces 240GB 1.8-inch PATA HDD for compact consumer electronic and computing applications
• 2008 – Launches highest capacity 2.5-inch HDD - 400GB
• 2008 – Commences production of reduced halogen and other potentially hazardous substances with its 160GB/platter 5400 RPM 2.5-inch series
• 2008 – Debuts series of third-generation high-performance 2.5-inch 7200 RPM HDDs
• 2008 – Ships slim 160GB 1.8-inch 5400 RPM Micro-SATA HDD
• 2008 – Brings highest capacity portable external hard drive to market with 320GB USB 2.0-enabled solution
• 2008 – Ships first 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise HDDs*
• 2008 – First HDD manufacturer to meet the OPAL encryption specification*
• 2007 – Introduces the industry's first 300GB 2.5-inch external HDD*
• 2007 – Launches the first 15K 2.5–inch HDD with SAS interface*
• 2007 – Achieves highest areal density demonstration at one terabit per inch using patterned media*
• 2007 – Offers first 1.8-inch HDD with CE-ATA interface.
• 2007 – Enters personal storage market with a line of portable USB 2.0 external hard drives
• 2006 – Leads market with 200GB 2.5-inch 5400 RPM HDD
• 2006 – Extends perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) reach to 0.85-inch and 2.5-inch HDD offerings
• 2005 – Expands engineering expertise with acquisition of Matsushita's U.S.-based HDD Design Division
• 2005 – Ships 100 millionth HDD
• 2005 – First to commercialize PMR, achieving 133 gigabits per square inch on 1.8-inch HDD
• 2004 – Recognized in the Guinness World Records™ for world's smallest HDD (0.85-inch)
• 2004 – Announced world's first 2.5-inch SAS Enterprise HDD*
• 2003 – Introduces the world's first 2.5-inch Enterprise SATA HDD*
• 2002 – Introduces U320 SCSI drive*
• 2001 – Starts utilizing environmentally sound printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) in all new HDD products
• 2001 – Commences volume production of first HDD designed for automotive applications
• 2000 – Debuts the first high-volume 1.8-inch HDD, igniting the start of the digital music revolution
• 2000 – Breaks the areal density world record with 56 gigabits per square inch*
• 1999 – Introduces U160 SCSI drive*
• 1999 – Leads the areal density race by breaking the 20 gigabits per square inch barrier*
• 1998 – First manufacturer to transition to GMR across its product line*
• 1998 – Introduces first HDD to utilize giant magneto resistive (GMR) recording head technology to achieve 2.16GB on one 2.5-inch disk
• 1991 – First 2.5" HDD, 90MB*
• 1990 – Ships first HDD using glass media on a single-platter, 40MB 2.5-inch hard drive
• 1989 – Establishes voluntary social and environmental program aimed for the betterment of humans worldwide and the health of the planet
• 1986 – First 3.5" HDD, 26MB*
• 1983 – First 5.25" Disk Drive, 27MB*
• 1981 – First 8" Disk Drive, 48MB*
• 1980 – Establishes industry leadership with the world's first 10.5-inch HDD and begins the Eagle product line*
• 1969 – Delivers first Hard Disk Drive, 14" Form Factor*
• 1967 – Enters the HDD industry with 14-inch HDDs

* Milestone achieved by acquisition.