Latest HDDs News
Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim
New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.
Seagate updates its lineups with new 32 TB CMR hard drives, starting at $699.99
Aimed at modern AI workloads.
HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide
Despite continual predictions that SSDs will fully displace HDDs, demand for spinning rust is on the rise.
Seagate achieves a whopping 6.9TB storage capacity per platter in its lab
Seagate is squeezing as much capacity out of its HAMR technology as it can
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.
