A disk's surface is divided into concentric tracks (circles within circles), and the thinner the tracks, the more storage. The data bits are recorded as magnetic spots on the tracks in one ...

The market for shingled magnetic recording is anticipated to expand at a robust CAGR of 20.7% from 2022 to 2032. It is ...

Western Digital unveiled an ambitious roadmap for advanced storage technologies at a recent investor day meeting. It plans to leverage two advanced storage technologies in the ...

Optera Data is working on a new optical storage technology with its sights on 10TB capacities for as low as $1.

Seagate announced that they are shipping 36TB HAMR evaluation drives to customers. A study shows AI will drive demand for storage solutions, such as these.

Seagate, the data storage company, has announced its intent to acquire Intevac, a hard drive equipment producer, in an ...

If you’re always struggling to find extra storage for stuff on your PC ... which stands for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Seagate has been working on this tech for several years and is ...

Western Digital had its first investor day focusing on its current activities and plans going forward as a HDD company. HAMR HDDs could be available in 2026.

(2) A device that spins, reads and writes a removable storage ... disk). The recording medium may be bare or encased in a cartridge, which is inserted into the drive's slot. (3) A magnetic tape ...

With a capacity of 3.6 TByte per disk, Seagate achieves the highest storage density. For 26 TByte Western Digital relies on Energy-Assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (ePMR). During the ...