Building a Data Center on the Moon
If you haven’t been following the New Space Age closely, the next few decades may knock your socks off. Anticipated is a permanent presence on the moon, a commercial space station, private citizens traveling to orbit, space-based medical treatments, deep space travel, and a flurry of activity involving mining, producing, and exploiting space resources. No one can […]
February 2, 2023 • 5 min read Technology
Recharged: How Data Builds Better Batteries
Batteries are vital in the effort to electrify our economies. Collecting battery data improves batteries and fights climate change.
January 24, 2023 • 6 min read Technology
Project Apprentice: Developing Future Tech Leaders
Western Digital continues to innovate by training the next generation of tech leaders in its Product Leadership Development Program.
January 17, 2023 • 6 min read People
Calling All Plankton: Real-Time AI Goes Out to the Ocean
The ocean is in constant flux. Tides and currents swoosh and swirl in mercurial cycles, cascading nutrients and dispersing life through the vast waters. This dynamism makes the ocean so fascinating, but it also makes it difficult to study. Now scientists are finding new ways to explore the ocean’s lifecycle by leveraging advances in storage […]
January 10, 2023 • 12 min read Data
How UltraSMR Makes the Industry’s Highest Capacity Drives
Last May, Western Digital introduced its 26TB hard drive, the industry’s highest capacity drive available. It allows cloud-scale customers to achieve the ginormous capacities required for today’s massive data storage needs. The storage leader’s unceasing capacity gains are made possible by integrating multiple technology innovations. One such compilation is UltraSMR, which helped bring the 26TB […]
January 4, 2023 • 9 min read Technology
How Distinguished Engineer John Contreras Discovered an Unlikely Career Path
John Contreras, a distinguished engineer in Western Digital’s hard disk drive (HDD) CTO group, always knew he liked to build things, from electronic amplifiers and logic circuits to skateboard ramps. But he wouldn’t be the distinguished engineer he is today if not for influential high school math teachers and a fluke skateboarding accident resulting in […]
December 27, 2022 • 7 min read People
How Data Unlocks the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles are an eventuality powered by incredible feats of engineering and an endless stream of data points.
December 7, 2022 • 6 min read Data
IT Governance in the Cloud Era
Enterprise IT often faces dueling forces. While the cloud and a proliferation of smart devices have opened new opportunities for data access, storage, and insights, they also introduce the potential for security risks and unprecedented data management challenges. Enterprise data is no longer confined within an organization’s network and infrastructure. Data could reside in an […]
November 30, 2022 • 6 min read Data
M.2 SSD: The Form Factor of the Future, Today
Flash memory comes in all shapes and sizes thanks to the power of semiconductors and NAND wafers. This flexibility inspired many form factors, from flash drives to SD cards, to push storage forward. The M.2 SSD (pronounced m-dot-two) became one of the most prolific form factors on the market, thanks to its unparalleled speed and […]
November 15, 2022 • 6 min read Products
A Semi-Charmed Kind of Drive
When Kryz Reid, lead guitarist for rock band Third Eye Blind, goes on tour, he packs a short list of essential items. First, his collection of guitars are carefully stowed in the touring rig. His personal gear bag includes a smorgasbord of consumer electronics products he can’t live without. In that gear bag are cameras, […]
November 8, 2022 • 6 min read Data