The specialists of the analytical company Trendfocus have prepared the next quarterly report on the state of the HDD market. It includes data for the third quarter of the current year. According to Trendfocus estimates, 64.20-68.45 million drives were shipped during the reporting period. This is close to the previous...
Seagate is already actively working on second-generation HAMR technology for hard drives, even though first-generation HAMR drives have not gone mainstream over the years. The company has a 20TB HDD with first generation HAMR, which has been offered to partners since December last year. And now Seagate is already developing...
EK, a specialist in liquid cooling systems and components for them, together with Seagate, which manufactures HDD and SSD, introduced the FireCuda 530 Heatsink solid-state drive. It is equipped with an EK radiator. The anodized aluminum heatsink with a finely textured surface to improve heat transfer is said to allow...
So, as expected, manufacturers began to advertise some of their SSDs as suitable for the PlayStation 5. One such drive is the Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 7000s M.2 2280 2TB. The model has been on the market for some time, but the manufacturer began to focus on the fact that this...
Sony has finally released firmware for the PlayStation 5 that allows the use of an optional SSD. The slot for it was initially provided, but at the software level the opportunity was not realized – until now. True, and now it only works in the beta version of the console...
In its quarterly report, Seagate said it expects to make available 20TB hard drives that use perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology in the current half year. Seagate already has 20TB drives aimed at corporate customers, but they use heated magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. These drives are available in limited quantities...
Seagate has released a report for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2021, which ended on July 2. Since this was the last quarter of the year, the figures for the year as a whole were published at the same time. Commenting on them, the head of the company...
Thailand’s new wave of COVID-19, coupled with shortages of certain chips and components, could impact hard drive shipments in the second half of 2021, despite the peak season for the consumer electronics market. This opinion is shared by industry sources. Since Seagate and Western Digital currently primarily produce hard drives...
Specialists of the analytical company Trendfocus have summed up the results of the second quarter in the market of hard disk drives (HDD). According to their calculations, 65.75–67.45 million HDDs were shipped during the quarter. This is 2.5-5.1% more than in the first quarter, and 11.9-14.8% more in annual terms,...
Seagate Technology this week unveiled an interesting large data storage system, according to the manufacturer, “designed to simplify seamless data management and reduce human intervention in the macro-periphery and data center.” Exos Corvault’s high storage density is said to deliver performance at the storage area network (SAN) level. Exos Corvault...
Seagate has introduced the FireCuda 530 solid-state drive, which is positioned by the manufacturer as a gaming one. The M.2 drive is PCIe Gen4 x4 and supports NVMe 1.4. The drive uses a Phison E18 controller and 3D NAND TLC flash memory. Available in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB versions....
Analyst firm IDC has prepared a new forecast for the hard drives and solid state drives markets. While both markets have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook looks good, analysts say, as storage demand remains strong in many areas. Global hard drive shipments are expected to grow at...
The demand for hard drives has increased significantly recently due to the mining of the Chia cryptocurrency, which has caused a serious shortage and a rise in retail prices. In an effort to meet this demand, Seagate and Western Digital are expanding their production of high-capacity hard drives by increasing...
Seagate has released a special version of the FireCuda 520 PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive, the designers of which were inspired by the game Cyberpunk 2077. The novelty differs from the base model with a heatsink and packaging. Only 2077 of such drives will be produced. The custom neon yellow...
Seagate claims that its unique Mach.2 dual hard drives are cheaper to manufacture than traditional HDDs. The company has found that the technology behind the new drives is cutting manufacturing costs. Recall that the drives under discussion contain two independent sets of platters and heads inside, that is, in fact,...
Seagate has finally added an unusual Mach.2 Exos 2X14 hard drive to its website and revealed its specifications. Mach.2 disks originally appeared in the company’s range back in 2019, but even now they are not available in retail and are focused on data centers. The uniqueness of the Mach.2 Exos...
