CPU Bandwidth – The Worrisome 2020 Trend
Very fast flash storage and very fast networks are here. But CPU & DRAM bandwidths are not keeping up. Dear industry, we are heading into a bottleneck that will bring our datapath to a halt!
March 23, 2016 • 5 min read Data
The Petabytes of Data Behind Montreux Jazz Festival’s Legacy
Here's the story of how the Montreux Jazz Festival invested ten years in digitizing 14,000 tapes to create a multi-petabyte archive.
February 9, 2019 • 4 min read Data
Where Your Data Center Needs to be_Tomorrow (Part II)
At VMworld in Barcelona, Western Digital will be announcing two new SSD certifications for high performance caching using Virtual SAN™. Learn how flash is enabling the VMware Cloud Foundation.
October 17, 2016 • 5 min read Data
Western Digital® WD Purple 12TB Drive Enables AI-Capable Video Surveillance
Today at IFSEC London, Western Digital expanded its surveillance portfolio with the introduction of the industry’s highest capacity, deep-learning capable surveillance-class drive: Western Digital® WD Purple 12TB with HelioSeal™ technology. This new surveillance-optimized drive provides the capacity and performance to access and transform recorded video data into valuable insights. What’s Driving Data Growth in Surveillance? […]
June 19, 2018 • 4 min read Data
Sustaining a Sustainability Company With World-Class Surveillance
Even virtuous projects can be met with setbacks. Here’s how smart video surveillance helped a recycling company do their services better.
March 4, 2020 • 6 min read Data
Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6
A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices.
February 24, 2020 • 6 min read Data
Best of 2017 NAB Roundup
360° cameras, drones, helicopters and even astronauts – 2017 NAB Show was as exciting as ever! Want to know what you have missed? Here is our best of 2017 NAB roundup.
April 28, 2017 • 4 min read Data
It Starts at the Cell
The NAND cell, now a staple of tech that powers our daily lives, starts with a single device smaller than a grain of sand.
July 13, 2021 • 5 min read Products
Storage Class Memory Innovation at SC16
At SC16, Western Digital is showcasing the latest innovation in Storage Class Memory, a prototype memory controller incorporating SCM into the memory hierarchy.
November 17, 2016 • 2 min read Data
Inventor Shay Benisty: An Eye for Innovation
It was only a decade ago when inventor Shay Benisty was first challenged to pursue a patent. Two, in fact. His manager added a new task to his annual performance goals: submit two patents each year. Benisty, now a distinguished engineer leading Western Digital’s ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) system architecture team, was intimidated at the […]
January 9, 2024 • 7 min read People