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Thoughts, perspectives and Aha! moments from our R&D leaders and technology gurus, led by Martin Fink, on research, technology direction, and more. #LetDataThrive

Thoughts, perspectives and Aha! moments from our R&D leaders and technology gurus on research, technology direction, and more.

NVMe™ Spec Ratification and New ZNS Milestones

NVMe|SSD|ZNS

ZNS SSDs and Zoned Storage have just achieved several significant milestones, including NVMe spec ratification. Here's a summary for data center…

June 17, 2020

By Office of the CTO

Driving to Data-Centric Architectures and 1B RISC-V Cores

Computing|Open Source|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

Our open sourced RISC-V-based SweRV Core family is growing by two as we announce the world’s first commercial dual-threaded embedded core, SweRV…

December 10, 2019

By Office of the CTO

Five Reasons the 2019 RISC-V Summit is a Can’t-Miss Event

Open Source|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

The 2019 RISC-V Summit, December 10-12 in San Jose, is a can’t-miss event for everyone interested in learning how the free and open ISA is…

November 18, 2019

By Office of the CTO

OmniXtend™ Cache-Coherent Fabric Drives Innovation with RISC-V

OmniXtend|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

OmniXtend is the open approach to providing cache coherent memory over an Ethernet fabric & can enable innovation in next-generation data-centric…

June 18, 2019

By Office of the CTO

What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative?

SMR|Technology and Strategy|ZNS|Zoned Storage

Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR…

June 14, 2019

By Office of the CTO

Enabling the Zettabyte Age

SMR|Technology and Strategy|ZNS|Zoned Storage

An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data…

June 11, 2019

By Office of the CTO

RISC-V SweRV Core^TM Available to Open Source Community

Computing|Open Source|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

We delivered on our promise to open source the SweRV Core, which supports our internal RISC-V development efforts & those of the growing RISC-V…

April 11, 2019

By Office of the CTO

Western Digital’s New Collaboration with UCSC on Genomics Sequencing Could Accelerate Results

Genomics|Precision Medicine|Technology and Strategy|Ultrastar

This multi-year, joint research and development agreement with the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering supports a…

January 29, 2019

By Office of the CTO

Unleashing Innovation from Core to the Edge

#LetDataThrive|Computing|Open Source|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

At the first RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara, California, Western Digital EVP & CTO Martin Fink delivered a keynote entitled, "Unleashing Innovation…

December 19, 2018

By Office of the CTO

Five Reasons the RISC-V Summit is a Can’t-Miss Event

Open Source|RISC-V|Technology and Strategy

The RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara, California, is a can’t-miss event for everyone interested in learning how the free and open ISA is transforming…

November 27, 2018

By Office of the CTO