An HDD is one of the oldest forms of storage technology still in use today. It has been around since the 1950s (first introduced by IBM), and while its physical size has shrunk and capacities have ...

The molecular HDD technology works by storing and processing data using tiny molecules that change their electrical ...

CRN takes you back in time, and into the future, to explore the development of hard drive technology, much of which was centered around development at IBM thanks to that company's lock on computer ...

Seagate recently introduced a novel approach to HDD development and evolution, bringing magnetic storage and NVMe together in ...

The company’s roadmap to the future of HDD technology shows a clear progression from energy-assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (ePMR) to Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR ...

The company’s roadmap to the future of HDD technology shows a clear progression from energy-assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (ePMR) to Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR ...

Figure 1: Areal density (on a log scale) versus year for different forms of magnetic HDD technology. Magnetic recording media are made from ferromagnetic materials, such as Fe, Co, Ni and their ...

Western Digital is now a HDD-only brand, having completed spinning off its Flash business to subsidiary SanDisk.

Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC) announced today that it has hired Ahmed Shihab as Chief Product Officer. Shihab, a seasoned expert in cloud storage needs and requirements, most recently served as ...

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) has inaugurated a new HDD Innovation Laboratory (HDD Innovation Lab) at its site in Düsseldorf, Germany. The facility expands Toshiba’s HDD (hard disk drive) ...