From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
"Western Digital to unveil 44TB HAMR HDDs in 2026, 100TB in 2030"
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/western-digital-to-unveil-44tb-hamr-hdds-in-2026-100tb-in-2030
"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. HAMR will enable
the company to build 80TB–100TB HDDs by 2030."
"Western Digital's first HAMR-based HDDs will be introduced sometime in
2026, with a 36TB capacity for conventional magnetic recording (CMR) and
a 44TB capacity for shingled UltraSMR recording. The company expects
these drives to be qualified by its customers among cloud data center providers by late 2026, which is when Western Digital will begin its
volume production. The company plans to commence volume shipments of its
HAMR drives in the first half of 2027."
Lynn
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