Latest HDDs News
HDDs on backorder for two years as AI datacenters trigger shortage
The AI boom might help QLC overtake TLC in the next two years.
WD launches investigation into problems with its SMR hard drives
SMR haters have years of wariness towards the hard drive tech vindicated.
Unlucky buyer purchases external Seagate HDD, gets an SD card glued inside a plastic shell
Not the flash upgrade they were hoping for...
Toshiba touts industry-first 12-disk HDD stacking technology, will pair with microwave-based recording tech
Toshiba claims it is the first to “verify 12-disk stacking technology,” while its HDD rivals flounder with 10 or 11.
IBM announced the world’s first HDD, the 3.75MB RAMAC 350 disk storage unit, 69 years ago today
This massive stacked magnetic disk design earned the nickname the ‘baloney slicer.’
Seagate spins up a raid on a counterfeit hard drive workshop — authorities read criminals' writes while they spill the beans
Seagate's security team from Singapore and Malaysia and local Malaysian authorities have raided a counterfeiting hard drive warehouse located outside Kuala Lumpur.
Seagate unveils 30TB HAMR HDDs for the masses — laser-powered IronWolf Pro and Exos drives are now widely available
Seagate has released its first mass-market HAMR hard drives — the Exos M and IronWolf Pro up to 30TB — marking a milestone in storage density for such HDDs.
Lucky data hoarder pays $360 for six 8TB WD external hard drives, lands five more for free
A Redditor bought six WD Easystore 8TB external hard drives for $60 each and ended up getting five more for free.
