1979
Seagate is founded
as Shugart Technology.
1980
Seagate ships first hard drive — the ST506.
1981
IBM introduces its personal computer NASA
successfully launches and lands the Space Shuttle.
1982
Seagate opens first overseas
location in Singapore.
1983
Introduction of Microsoft Word.
1984
Apple introduces the Macintosh.
1985
Windows 1.0 introduced The Intel 386 chip
introduces 32-bit architecture.
1986
Seagate manufacturing capacity
reaches 200,000 drives per month.
1987
OS/2 is launched by IBM and Microsoft.
1988
Seagate ships 5.1 million hard disk drives.
1990
World Wide Web established with
the introduction of HTML.
1991
Original Linux kernel written.
1993
Seagate ships 50 millionth hard disk drive.
1996
Seagate ships 100 millionth hard drive.
1999
Seagate sets new areal density
record of 23.5Gb/in² disk capacity.
2005
The Xbox 360, with Seagate inside,
is officially unveiled on MTV.
2008
Seagate’s one billionth
hard disk drive ships!
2010
Seagate redefines storage versatility
with the GoFlex® series of external drives.
2011
Seagate introduces first Ultra-Portable
Wireless Hard Drive.
2012
Backup Plus portable drive launches —
save and share your digital life.
When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes.
Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes.
