Storage
SAS Lives On and Here’s Why
The Ultrastar DC SS540 SAS SSDs are our 6th generation of SAS SSDs and are the ideal drives for all-flash arrays, caching tiers, HPC and SDS environments.
November 4, 2019 • 3 min read Data
Introducing the New WesternDigital.com
This morning we launched a fully redesigned westerndigital.com—and it’s more than a visual makeover. This new site truly reflects who Western Digital is today. If you have been witness to Western Digital for the past six years, you might be familiar with our journey. We have made some notable acquisitions with HGST, SanDisk and Tegile. […]
November 12, 2018 • 3 min read People
MAMR Breakthrough Exceeds Expectations
Breakthroughs delivering the reliability, manufacturability and affordability to address customer demands. “We broke conventional wisdom to break theoretical limits.” — Brendan Collins Both HAMR and MAMR present their own challenges. HAMR has reliability issues due to the extreme heat utilized in the process and requires several complex and costly changes to drive infrastructure, among other […]
October 11, 2017 • 2 min read Data
The Need for Energy-assisted Recording Technology
Providing energy-assistance with heat-assisted and microwave-assisted magnetic recording technologies. “MAMR has significant advantages over HAMR in the quest to bring lower cost, high-reliability storage to the data center.” Brendan Collins To expand capacities even further requires that the write head size be reduced, as well as the size of the magnetic grains that store bit […]
October 11, 2017 • 5 min read Data
Foundational Technologies to Achieve Growth in $/TB Value for Capacity HDD
Helium-sealed technology is just one of three essential pillars that support higher track density. “We have made deliberate and substantial investments in both Damascene and micro-actuation for the past five-plus years to push the limits of areal density.” — Brendan Collins Western Digital has existing technologies that provide the foundation to support increased TPI. The […]
October 11, 2017 • 5 min read Data
Fourth of July Road Trip: Data Behind the Wheel of #Self-Driving Cars
There are new estimates that 2017 will be the most traveled Independence Day weekend on record. Some estimates also show that over 44 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more, with over 37 million traveling by car. Ahh…Fourth of July road trips! Remember the days of printed maps and parents fighting over whether or not […]
June 30, 2017 • 5 min read Data
The Rise of Smart Cities and Connected Life
The Rise of Smart Cities and Connected Life Copenhagen. Barcelona. Singapore. These are amongst the top cities that show up in online searches for the world’s leading Smart Cities. Copenhagen is known for its leadership in clean technology, and commitment to being carbon neutral by 2025. Barcelona monitors rainfall using sensors in the ground to […]
June 6, 2017 • 3 min read Data
Meet the New iNAND 7350: Performance, Capacity, Endurance
Today, we are excited to introduce our new iNAND® 7350 storage solution at Mobile World Congress. The iNAND 7350 is our most advanced and highest capacity embedded flash drive (EFD) to date. It’s ideal for data-rich applications and next-generation mobile experiences. The New “Smart” iNAND 7350 The iNAND 7350 supports the latest e.MMC 5.1 interface, is […]
February 27, 2017 • 2 min read Data
Mobile Trends for 2017: 5G, 1TB, Edge-to-Cloud
From 5G becoming a reality to 1TB capacities in smartphones and edge-to-cloud storage, here are 3 key areas propelling data storage and the mobile industry.
February 24, 2017 • 4 min read Data
The Object Storage Dictionary from A to Z – Part II
You've heard of Object Storage, but what does it really mean? Here’s Part II of our Object Storage dictionary, from Namespace to Zeta Architecture.
February 13, 2017 • 3 min read Data