According to Mydrivers, the Western Digital SN570 1TB SSD has dropped to $68 in China from over $100 previously. This SSD does not have a heatsink, the SSD read speed can reach 3500MB/s, which is a significant improvement over the SN550 model. The write speed reaches 3000 MB / s....
Western Digital introduced the SanDisk PRO-G40 external SSD, which boasts a high degree of protection from external influences. In particular, the model is protected from water and dust (IP68), is not afraid of falls from a height of up to 3 meters and can withstand pressure up to 1815 kg,...
This May, Western Digital announced its new 22TB and 26TB hard drives at What’s Next Western Digital. The 22TB WD Red Pro hard drive is now available in China for $1,020. According to the official statement, the new 22TB WD Red Pro hard drive uses 512MB cache and is rated...
Samsung Electronics and Western Digital announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to “uniquely collaborate on the standardization and widespread adoption of next-generation data hosting, processing and switching (D2PF) technologies.” To begin with, the parties intend to focus on harmonizing their efforts and building...
Western Digital, one of the leading storage makers, has released its quarterly report as it recently completed the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Western Digital’s revenue for the reporting period was $4.83 billion. In annual terms, this figure increased by 23%. In a press release on the results of the...
Western Digital is preparing to update its client SSD lineup with the addition of a new flagship model, the WD Black SN850X. This drive was mentioned in the PCI-SIG certification file dated December 10th. The drive is equipped with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. More details about it are not...
Western Digital has revealed some details of its plans for the coming years. For example, she believes that her current technologies will allow the release of a 30 TB hard drive in the coming years. In this case, we are talking about OptiNAND technology (built-in flash memory for increased performance...
Western Digital recently completed its first quarter of fiscal 2022. The released report said that revenue for the reporting period amounted to $ 5.051 billion, which is 3% more than in the previous quarter and 29% more than a year ago, when revenue was $ 3.922 billion. Gross profit, which...
Western Digital today announced the WD Blue SN570 M.2-2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe v1.4 SSD. M.2 2280 drives are available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB sizes. The maximum sequential write speeds are 1200MB / s, 2300MB / s, and 3000MB / s, respectively. For the 250 GB drive, the maximum...
During the HDD Reimagine event, Western Digital presented a new storage architecture, which, according to the manufacturer, “breaks the usual boundaries.” The OptiNAND architecture is based on the integration of the built-in iNAND flash drives into hard drives. The first drives to combine with OptiNAND technologies such as energy pumped...
The American company Western Digital is in preliminary negotiations on a possible merger with its partner, the Japanese manufacturer of memory chips Kioxia Holdings. This was reported by Reuters, citing “a person familiar with the matter.” The deal is worth $ 20 billion. The parties are said to have come...
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...
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...
Western Digital has recommended that all owners of My Book Live and My Book Live Duo external drives disconnect from the Internet immediately. Otherwise, there is a risk of complete data loss. The warning was issued after messages began to surface from users shocked that all data suddenly disappeared without...
Western Digital today announced the iNAND MC EU551 Embedded Solid State Drive. According to the manufacturer, the new product belongs to the second generation of such drives that meet the UFS 3.1 specification. It is designed for smartphones with support for 5G networks and will allow you to use them...
