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Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage
By Anton Shilov published
Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.

Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase
By Anton Shilov published
Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage.

Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech
By Anton Shilov published
Western Digital announces HDD roadmap till 2029 at its Innovation Day.

Fake Samsung 990 Pro passes basic checks but runs slower than a USB 2.0 drive
By Zhiye Liu published
A Redditor recounts his experience with a Samsung 990 Pro clone that looks like the real deal.

Lexar Play SE 4TB SSD Review: The oddball of the bunch
By Shane Downing published
The Lexar Play SE is a capacious but strange NVMe SSD with rare hardware. It puts up meager numbers.

Researcher builds bizarre 128-byte USB drive the size of a dinner plate using ancient pre-semiconductor magnetic core memory technology
By Mark Tyson published
A computing enthusiast has assembled one of the most bizarre low-capacity USB drives we have ever seen.

Open source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computers
By Mark Tyson published
PicoIDE is touted as 'an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers.'

Best SSDs 2026: From blazing-fast M.2 NVMe down to budget SATA
By Paul Alcorn last updated
We recommend the best SSDs for every need and budget based on our extensive lab tests.
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