Digital Storage And Memory Projections For 2026, Part 1

HDD shipping capacity and revenue are projected to be over 6.5EB and between $25B and $35B by 2030. We project magnetic tape ...

HAMR and SMR technologies propel Seagate’s latest HDD prototypes

Seagate prototypes achieve 7TB per platter, the highest density for HDD researchTen-platter drives enable experimental HDDs ...

Is 2026 finally the year for data center storage to crossover to SSDs?

The relentless rise of AI is forcing a profound rethink of storage architectures. In a world where every watt matters, solid ...
The Verge

Seagate is getting ready to launch its first high-capacity HAMR hard drive

Seagate’s long-in-the-works HAMR platform could finally ship with its Exos M hard drive. Seagate’s long-in-the-works HAMR platform could finally ship with its Exos M hard drive. is a news writer who ...

Toshiba wants to launch a 55TB hard drive by 2030, 40TB model set to appear in 2026, new slides show

The new slides, one of which can be seen above, expand on that plan. Toshiba still aims to ship a 40TB class drive in 2027 ...
TweakTown

With Seagate's magnetic HAMR recording technology breakthrough, we could see a single 120TB HDD

We've covered Seagate's HAMR, or Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording, tech for HDDs, which is set to breathe new life into traditional platter-based storage by dramatically increasing the potential ...
Forbes

Western Digital Shows Path To HAMR At Investor Day

Western Digital had an investor day meeting on February 12 where the company discussed its status and strategy as a hard disk drive company with the separation of SanDisk as a separate company focused ...
Seeking Alpha

Seagate: HAMR Will Capture The Mass Capacity Storage Boom

Seagate is at a critical inflection point, driven by HAMR commercialization and surging AI-induced storage demand, supporting my strong buy thesis. HAMR technology positions Seagate as an industry ...
TweakTown

Seagate has begun shipping its new HAMR hard drives with over 30TB of capacity

Last month we reported on Seagate's new Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) tech for HDDs that will see the arrival of capacities with 32TB and even 40TB on a single drive, with the company ...
New Atlas

HAMR-JR is one of the smallest, fastest walking robots ever

It was seven years ago that we first heard about Harvard University's HAMR cockroach-inspired robot. Although the bot was already on the tiny side, its designers have now created a version that's just ...

Western Digital Is Still A Buy

Western Digital is a top AI infrastructure stock with strong growth, rising margins, and undervalued potential. Read here for ...
New Atlas

HAMR micro-robot now walks on – or under – the water

If you're a fan of insect-inspired robots, then you probably like creations such as RoboBee, VelociRoACH, and Harvard University's HAMR. Should the latter's scurrying around not be enough for you, ...