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HDD Shipments Plummet 33% YoY on Weakening Demand
Rumors of HDD's death may not be greatly exaggerated.
Microsoft Trying to Kill HDD Boot Drives By 2023: Report
Industry analyst firm Trendfocus reports that Microsoft is moving to force OEMs to stop using HDDs for boot drives.
8-Port M.2 NVMe RAID Controllers Offer Up to 28,000 MB/s of Storage Bandwidth
HighPoint has created two new fast M.2 RAID Controller PCIe cards, capable of housing up to eight drives, for a total of 64TB of storage and up to 28,000MB of bandwidth on a single card.
Seagate's Osprey STL022 HDD Validated: 22TB For The Masses
SATA-IO validates Seagate's codenamed Osprey STL022 hard drive.
WD Pricing Error Lists Hard Drives Starting at $1
Western Digital has slashed the prices for its Gold, Red Pro, Red Plus, Purple, Purple Pro, and Blue hard drives on its online store. But it's probably a pricing error.
Seagate Reveals Star Wars-Branded FireCuda External HDDs
Seagate's special edition Star Wars HDDs have Boba Fett, Grogu, and The Mandalorian outside, and 2TB of SMR storage inside.
HDD Areal Density Growth Slows as Capacity Increases
Hard drives need energy-assisted magnetic recording to keep gaining areal density and capacity.
Western Digital 20TB NAS HDD Debuts With 64GB Flash For $499 (Updated)
Western Digital's Red Pro 20TB with OptiNAND technology is available for NAS systems.