Its desktop products consist of 3.
5 inch disk drives with storage capacities that range from 40 gigabytes (GB) to 300 GB.
These drives are used primarily in desktop computers; consumer electronic applications, including digital video recorders, set-top boxes, and game consoles; and personal storage applications.
The company also provides a line of ATA/Serial ATA drives for use in mid-line and near-line storage applications for the enterprise market.
Its MaXLine-branded drives, with 250 GB to 300 GB of capacity, are designed specifically for enterprise customers who need ready access to fixed content data files.
Further, Maxtor provides 3.
5-inch hard disk drives for use in storage-intensive enterprise applications, such as workstations, enterprise servers, and storage subsystems.
These Intel-based server products provide storage capacities of 18.
4 GB to 300 GB at speeds of 10,000 rotations per minute (RPM) and 15,000 RPM.
The company sells its products to personal computer, Intel-based server, storage subsystem, and consumer electronics manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
Its offices are located throughout the United States, Australia, the People’s Republic of China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates.
Maxtor has strategic partnerships with SAE/ TDK and ALPS Electric Co.
, Ltd.
The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
