How AI is Reshaping the World’s Data Systems
It seems every corner of our lives is starting to feel the “AI effect.” Virtually no industry is left untouched by AI’s growing influence. Yet, in one domain, AI’s irreversible impact is increasingly evident: the data infrastructure that fuels it. Western Digital talked with four experts working at the heart of AI’s hardware and software […]
September 6, 2024 • 3 min read Data
Details in the Data with Fashion Photographer Robert Ector
Robert Ector is a fashion photographer for celebrity clients including Mary J. Blige, Steve Harvey, Serena Williams, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and others. He travels to exotic locations to capture the glitz and glam of these famous and fashionable globetrotters, taking photos that would be difficult to replicate. “When I work with entertainers, I always […]
August 27, 2024 • 9 min read Data
Into the FathomVerse: Community science, data, and the sea
Despite extensive research dives and piles of visual data, ocean scientists estimate that more than 90% of marine life remains unclassified. Beneath the frothy waves, there’s a cosmopolis of undersea denizens, unknown and unaware of the world above. However, the ongoing climate crisis highlights just how entangled these two worlds are. As we seek to […]
August 20, 2024 • 8 min read Data
Joyce Chen: The Intricate Details of Substrate Design
Details are crucial for Joyce Chen. They have to be. Chen, a senior manager of package design engineering at Western Digital, leads a team of engineers responsible for the intricacies of semiconductor packaging design. Attention to detail is just one of her traits ideally suited for the job. Packaging design involves a series of steps […]
August 13, 2024 • 6 min read People
The New Era of NAND: A Conversation with Rob Soderbery
Today at FMS 2024, Flash Business EVP and GM Rob Soderbery took the stage to deliver a view of the changing dynamics in the NAND market. We had a chance to catch up with Soderbery and discuss those dynamics, their span across capital, innovation, and technological shifts, as well as the end of what he […]
August 6, 2024 • 7 min read Products
What’s Your Create: Ouida
For singer-songwriter Ouida, music was always the answer. Dancing and acting were fine, but singing opened her up like nothing else could. “Music has always been intuitive to me. “I could be vulnerable and honest, really unpack things about myself,” she said. Despite the confines of the video call, pale and unassuming, Ouida’s intuition and […]
July 30, 2024 • 7 min read People
A Balancing Act: HDDs and SSDs in Modern Data Centers
It’s true that flash storage is getting faster and more affordable, but hard drives (HDDs) continue to play a major role in the enterprise. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today’s data centers where the amount of data created continues to grow exponentially, fueled further by the AI Data Cycle. While consumers tend to […]
July 25, 2024 • 6 min read Data
Jodi Washington: Creator of Awesome Experiences
It’s all about the experience. Jodi Washington knows this. She embodies this sentiment whether at work or at play. When a colleague emails her, they are met immediately with a cheeky reply: “Email is so 2020,” leading to a live link inviting the sender to “Hit me up in Teams to find me in a […]
July 16, 2024 • 6 min read People
Game Day with Sports Photographer Terrell Lloyd
Terrell Lloyd, director of photography for the San Francisco 49ers American football team, knows how to capture data—to the tune of 15,000-20,000 images per game day. He’s now in his 27th season shooting photos of the NFL team. And while photography was not his first career, it was always his passion. When Lloyd had a […]
July 9, 2024 • 7 min read People
10 Questions with a Director of Operations
Cat Pham is the director of operations for consumer solutions in Western Digital’s Flash Business Unit. She’s a well-traveled Bay Area native who enjoys cooking different ethnic foods and volunteering her time at church and with a nonprofit organization that services homeless youth in Silicon Valley. Her 3-year-old daughter also keeps her on her toes […]
July 2, 2024 • 2 min read People