WESTERN DIGITAL COMPLETES SALE OF CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GROUP, FINALIZES
STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ADAPTEC

IRVINE, CA -- April 14, 1996 -- Western Digital Corporation (NYSE:WDC)
today announced the completion of the sale of its Connectivity Solutions
Group (CSG) businesses in separate transactions with Adaptec, Inc. of
Milpitas, California and Vixel Corporation of Broomfield, Colorado.

The CSG divestiture now focuses Western Digital solely on its fast-growing
storage business. Today, the Company ranks as the world's third-largest
independent manufacturer of hard disk drives based on the success of its
Caviar product line for desktop personal computers. In 1996, the Company
will broaden its product line to include hard drives for the
network/server environment and for the portable PC market, both
incremental businesses.

Adaptec has acquired, for approximately $35 million in cash and a royalty
agreement, certain assets and the ongoing operations of Western Digital's
input/output device business. The two companies have also entered into a
strategic agreement for Adaptec to design and supply advanced storage
control technology for Western Digital's Enterprise Storage Group, which
will begin shipping hard drives for the client/server market later this
year. Approximately 95 former Western Digital employees have joined
Adaptec, many of whom will be based at a new Adaptec location in Irvine,
California.

Separately, Western Digital has finalized the sale of its fibre channel
products operation to Vixel Corporation in exchange for financial
considerations, including an equity interest in Vixel. Fifteen employees
from Western Digital's former location in Lynnwood, Washington have joined
Vixel.

As a result of these divestitures, Western Digital is taking steps to bring
overhead costs into line with its new business structure through
reductions in programs and staff, including the elimination of
approximately 130 positions at the Company's Irvine headquarters. Each of
the employees being laid off has been provided with a severance package
including extended benefits as well as job placement assistance.
Approximately 25% of those laid off have already found employment in
Orange County's robust market for technically skilled workers.

Chuck Haggerty, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Western
Digital, said: "These transactions conclude a three-year process of
sharpening the Company's focus on the core business of storage. Our track
record and leadership in quality, technology, and time-to-market will
serve us very well as we expand into the enterprise and portable storage
markets and intensify our efforts in the desktop storage arena. The
strategic alliance with Adaptec will be key to our successful entry into
the enterprise storage arena."

Western Digital Corporation is a leader in information storage management.
The company designs and manufacturers hard disk drives for personal and
enterprise-wide computing, and markets them to leading systems
manufacturers and selected resellers under the Western Digital and Caviar
brand names. Western Digital is the first U.S.-headquartered,
multinational company to have been awarded company-wide ISO9001
registration, linking all WD organizations with a consistent global
standard for quality processes. The company was founded in 1970 and has
long been noted for its storage and end-market systems-level design
knowledge. The company's World Wide Web home page can be found at
http://www.wdc.com, on America OnLine by using the keyword Western Digital
or WDC and on Microsoft Network by using the "go" word WDC.
 
 =========================================================
 From the 'New Product News' Electronic News Service on...
 AOL (Keyword = New Products) and Delphi (GO COMP PROD)
 =========================================================
 This information was processed from data provided by the
 company/author mentioned. For additional details, please
 contact them directly at the address/phone# indicated.
 Trademarks are the property of their respective owners!
 =========================================================
 All submissions for this service should be addressed to:
 BAKER ENTERPRISES,  20 Ferro Dr,  Sewell, NJ  08080  USA
 Email:   rbakerpc@aol.com   --or--   rbakerpc@delphi.com
 =========================================================
