Western Digital says that by 2026, its HDD capacity will reach 36TB–44TB thanks to HAMR, but before we see those drives ...

In 2024, total HDD shipments were up 1.6%, total Exabytes shipped were up 49% and HDD revenues were up 48% from 2023, due to ...

Seagate and its main rival Western Digital are working on magnetic recording methods that will allow the drives to continue ...

The company’s roadmap to the future of HDD technology shows a clear progression from energy-assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (ePMR) to Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR ...

Western Digital this week outlined its future hard disk drive technology roadmap and revealed plans to adopt heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) for its HDDs beginning in late 2026.

Over 65% of the world’s hard disk output is produced using Intevac ... and Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR). HAMR, which lowers magnetic resistance by heating the drive, allows data ...

Over 65% of the world’s hard disk output is produced using Intevac ... and Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR). HAMR, which lowers magnetic resistance by heating the drive, allows data ...

CEO Designate Irving Tan shared Western Digital’s projection on how the proliferation of AI will impact the HDD industry and the ... Tan announced that the company’s HAMR development is ...

It's not tough to see how this fits squarely into Seagate's hard drive disk business. In December, Seagate announced its first HAMR-based hard drive after a two-decade hiatus from the tech ...

Western and Seagate are constantly improving areal storage density and implementing new technologies like heat-assisted magnetic recording, or HAMR, to drive cost per HDD gigabyte down further at ...