SanDisk has released a portable SSD for Fortnite fans
The online game Fortnite from Epic Games is very popular around the world. This is probably what prompted SanDisk to release a product specifically for fans of the project. We…
Solidigm is finally ending production of consumer-grade SSDs
Solidigm was formed in 2021 as a result of the first phase of SK hynix’s acquisition of Intel’s solid-state memory business in China. Towards the end of last year, Solidigm…
Asustor introduced Flashstor Gen2 – NAS for 6 or 12 M.2 solid-state drives
Asustor announced two new network storage devices Flashstor 6 Gen2 and Flashstor 12 Pro Gen2, designed to accommodate M.2 SSDs. The devices boast powerful AMD Ryzen Embedded chips, USB4 ports…
Scientists have come up with ultra-capacity CDs of the future: it is proposed to store data in quantum defects
The obsolete CD may be making a comeback thanks to a revolution in optical media. Researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new type…
The cloud segment allowed Western Digital to increase revenue by 49% and exceed investor expectations for profit
Western Digital’s revenue in the last quarter, which was the company’s first in the 2025 fiscal year, increased by 49% to $4.1 billion, and net income grew by 26% to…
Western Digital must pay $315.7 million in patent infringement lawsuit
Late this week, a federal court in California found Western Digital guilty of infringing SPEX’s intellectual property rights through a patent covering data encryption technology. The first of the companies…
WD presented the most capacious hard drives in the world – 32 TB with UltraSMR and 26 TB with CMR
Western Digital has released a hard drive with a record capacity of 32 TB. It is built on the world’s first commercially available 11-wafer platform and features a number of…
By 2029, consumer SSD capacity will grow to 32 TB
With the advent of 3D flash memory technology, the capacity of SSD drives is growing rapidly, and the price per GB is steadily decreasing. IEEE predicts that SSD capacity will…
All SSDs have disappeared from the official Western Digital website – now you need to look for them from SanDisk
Western Digital, best known as a manufacturer of storage devices, announced the separation of its websites. WD.com will now focus on hard drives, and SanDisk.com will focus on flash memory…
Scientists have created an eternal optical 5D memory – the crystal will store up to 360 TB for billions of years
Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have successfully stored the entire human genome sequence on an indestructible 5D optical memory chip no larger than a small coin.…