Editing Maxtor (section)

=== Expansion ===
In December 1986, Maxtor acquired U.S. Design Corporation, a loss-making manufacturer of data storage subsystems for microcomputers, for $16.1&nbsp;million in a [[stock swap]]. The acquisition was finalized in January 1987.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=December 22, 1986 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/398090949/ | title=Maxtor Plans Acquisition For $16.1 Million in Stock | work=The Wall Street Journal | publisher=Dow Jones & Company | page=1 | via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref name=buys>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=June 30, 1987 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/229087854/ | title=Maxtor Corp. Buys Storage Dimensions | work=San Francisco Chronicle | page=42 | via=ProQuest | quote=Maxtor Corp., a San Jose-based maker of disk drives and optical storage devices, yesterday said it acquired Storage Dimensions Inc. of Los Gatos for an undisclosed amount of cash. Storage Dimensions incorporates Maxtor products into subsystems that it sells through dealers and other resellers. Storage Dimensions will be combined in a group with U.S. Design Corp., another maker of storage systems acquired by Maxtor in May.}}</ref> In June 1987, Maxtor purchased [[Storage Dimensions]], a maker of high-performance, high-capacity HDD subsystems for the [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]] (which chiefly made use of Maxtor's own drives), for an undisclosed sum.<ref name=buys /> The acquisition was a success story for Maxtor, and the subsidiary had grown to generate $80&nbsp;million in sales by 1992.<ref name=upi>{{cite web | last=Staff writer | date=December 29, 1992 | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/29/Maxtor-completes-Storage-Dimensions-sale/2352725605200/ | title=Maxtor completes Storage Dimensions sale | work=UPI.com | publisher=United Press International | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241119030125/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/29/Maxtor-completes-Storage-Dimensions-sale/2352725605200/ | archivedate=November 19, 2024}}</ref> That year, Maxtor sold off Storage Dimensions to private investors.<ref name=upi>{{cite web | last=Staff writer | date=December 29, 1992 | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/29/Maxtor-completes-Storage-Dimensions-sale/2352725605200/ | title=Maxtor completes Storage Dimensions sale | work=UPI.com | publisher=United Press International | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241119030125/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/29/Maxtor-completes-Storage-Dimensions-sale/2352725605200/ | archivedate=November 19, 2024}}</ref>

In 1990, Maxtor entered the mass market with its purchase of the assets (but not the liabilities) of bankrupt [[MiniScribe]] in [[Longmont, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 3, 1990 |title=Company News;   Maxtor Acquires Miniscribe Assets |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D7163EF930A35754C0A966958260 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> The transition was a tough one as the early products of this union (notably the 7120AT 3.5-inch 120&nbsp;MB drive) had many quality and design problems. Later products managed to sell well despite the initial problems. In 1996, the company completely redesigned its hard drive product line by introducing its DiamondMax series with a [[Texas Instruments]] [[digital signal processor]].