Memory and Storage
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May- 2022 -15 May
Western Digital Launches World’s First 26 TB HDD, and 15 TB SSD
Western Digital has released the world’s first 26 TB HDD in the form of the Ultrastar DC HC670. Not only…
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Apr- 2022 -18 April
What is GPUDirect Storage?
As computer hardware manages higher amounts of AI and HPC datasets, the loading times for various applications place heavier strains…
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Mar- 2022 -25 March
Seagate Promises 50 TB HDDs by 2026 with Transfer Rates of up to 480MB/s Using HAMR and MACH.2
Seagate has set some hefty goals for the next five years, promising 50 TB drives by 2026, and 30 TB…
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10 March
Kioxia Announces 2.5-inch 30.72 TB SAS SSDs for Customer Evaluation: 3D Flash with 4.2GB/s Transfer Rates
Japanese NAND manufacturer Kioxia has announced the availability of its PM7 SAS SSDs for customer evaluation. Like their predecessors, these…
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2 March
WD Launches Red Pro 20TB HDD for $499 w/ 64GB of NAND Flash, and 512MB DRAM Cache: Aimed at Consumers
Western Digital has released the 20TB variant of its Red Pro NAS HDD for a market price of $499.99. This…
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Feb- 2022 -10 February
Toshiba: 26 TB HDDs Later this Year, 30 TB in 2023, 35 TB in 2025
Toshiba has laid out its roadmap for the data center segment, with plans for over 40 TB HDDs by 2026.…
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2 February
WD had the Most Reliable 12 TB, 14 TB, 16 TB HDDs in 2021, Seagate had the Highest Failure Rates
The hard drive failure rates from Backblaze for the year 2021 have now been published. The figures paint a fairly…
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Jan- 2022 -29 January
Seagate Becomes First Vendor to Ship 22 TB Hard Drives using SMR
Seagate has become the first hard drive vendor to start shipping 22 TB HDDs to “select customers”. These HDDs are…
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26 January
LPDDR4 vs DDR4 vs LPDDR4x: Which One is Better?
LPDDR4 is the mobile equivalent of DDR4 memory. Compared to DDR4, it offers reduced power consumption at the cost of…
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23 January
DDR4 vs GDDR6 Memory: Which One is Faster?
Computer memory is mainly of two types: main memory (RAM), and graphics memory (VRAM). The former leverages DDR4 (and soon…
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