Western Digital (WDC) is a component of the WallStreet AI Index (WSAI) in the Semiconductors & Foundries segment, with an index weight of roughly 1.30%.
Why WDC is in the index
HDD + storage for the exploding AI-data-center storage footprint; the other half of the SanDisk split.
Its role in the AI value chain
The silicon layer: AI accelerators, the foundries that fabricate them, memory (HBM/DRAM/NAND), storage, chip-design software (EDA), and the equipment that makes advanced nodes possible. This is where AI compute is physically created.
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