Samsung and Western Digital Team Up for ZNS SSDs By Anton Shilov published 30 March 22 Samsung and Western Digital to standardize and develop crucial technologies for ZNS SSDs.
Western Digital Gets Into Industrial-Grade M.2 SSDs With the IX SN530 By Anton Shilov published 10 November 20 Western Digital's IX SN530 SSD is said to offer endurance, reliability and extended temperatures.
Western Digital's Ultrastar DC ZN540 Is the World's First ZNS SSD By Anton Shilov published 10 November 20 Western Digital's Ultrastar DC ZN540 now sampling to select customers.
WD Announces SN850 PCIe 4 SSD, Dual-Drive Add-in Card, D50 Game Dock By Matt Safford published 8 October 20 Western Digital today announced its first PCIe 4.0 M.2 drive, the SN850, alongside an AN1500 PCIe add-in card and a D50 Thunderbolt 3/4 gaming dock.
Western Digital's BiCS5 112-Layer Tech Comes to TLC, QLC SSDs By Lucian Armasu published 31 January 20 Western Digital completed development of its BiCS5 112-layer flash memory technology. We should see both consumer and enterprise-level products launch in volume this year.
WD Introduces Blue SN550 M.2 SSDs up to 1TB By Sean Webster published 10 December 19 NVMe SSDs are out-shipping everything and WD aims to ride that wave.
Where's MAMR? WD Announces 18TB & 20TB HDDs By Nathaniel Mott published 5 September 19 Western Digital announced two new high-capacity drives, the Ultrastar DC HC550 CMR HDD and the Ultrastar DC HC650 SMR HDD.
Western Digital Joins the Huawei Drop Party By Nathaniel Mott published 11 June 19 Western Digital has at least temporarily halted shipments to Huawei following its blacklisting by the U.S.
Big External Storage: 8TB For $159 By Zhiye Liu published 19 May 19 Western Digital's My Passport and MyBook external hard drives are on sale at ridiculous prices.
WD Blue 3D SSD Now Available In 4TB Capacity By Zhiye Liu published 26 April 19 Western Digital has given the brand's Blue 3D 2TB SSD a very considerable upgrade up to 4TB of capacity.
Micron and Western Digital Reveal 1TB microSD Cards By Nathaniel Mott published 25 February 19 Micron and Western Digital both announced 1TB microSDXC UHS-I cards at MWC Barcelona 2019.
WD Slashing Output Amid Looming SSD Price Bust By Nathaniel Mott published 26 October 18 Western Digital announced that its revenues and operating income fell by $200 million year-over-year, and it's constricting supply to offset future losses.
Best PC Builds 2018 Competition By Joshua Simenhoff published 26 October 18 For this edition of Best PC Builds were asking the Community for their optimal component choices in five different budget categories.
Western Digital Announces Embedded, 96-Layer 3D NAND Drive for Thin Devices By Lucian Armasu published 12 October 18 Western Digital announced the iNAND MC EU321 embedded flash drive for smartphones and PCs, using 96-layer 3D NAND memory technology.
WD's My Cloud NAS Drives Have Been Vulnerable Since 2017 By Nathaniel Mott published 20 September 18 An authentication bypass vulnerability in several Western Digital My Cloud products was disclosed in April 2017, but the devices remain susceptible to attack.
Power User Profiles: A YouTuber's DIY Dream PC With Matthew Perks By Joshua Simenhoff published 1 June 18 We sat down with Matthew Perks, famed host of DIY Perks, to find out what makes his PC so special.
WD Announces Fast NVMe Storage For IoT Devices, Maybe An In-House Controller By Chris Ramseyer published 26 February 18 Western Digital announced two new high-performance NVMe SSDs for the client market, but there may be more to this story.
Toshiba NAND Sale Moves Forward, WD Cooperates By Paul Alcorn published 13 December 17 Toshiba and WD have announced a truce in their NAND battle after a year-long legal saga.
Seagate Plans To HAMR WD's MAMR; 20TB HDDs With Lasers Inbound By Paul Alcorn published 3 November 17 Seagate is firing back at WD's MAMR announcement with its laser-infused HAMR (Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording) technology, which uses tiny lasers to increase storage density.