Western Digital
Western Digital this week is previewing the industry's first 4 TB SD card. The device is being showcased at the NAB trade show for broadcasters and content creators and will be released commercially in 2025. Western Digital's SanDisk Extreme Pro SDUC 4 TB SD card complies with the Secure Digital Ultra Capacity standard (SDUC, which enables up to 128TB). The card uses the Ultra High Speed-I (UHS-I) interface and is rated for speed Class 10, therefore supporting a minimum speed of 10 MB/s and a maximum data transfer rate of 104 MB/s when working in UHS104 (SDR104) mode (there is a catch about performance, but more on that later). WD's SD card is also rated to meet Video Speed Class V30, supporting a minimal sequential...
The Western Digital WD Black 3D NAND SSD Review: EVO Meets Its Match
The all-new WD Black NVMe SSD and its alter ego SanDisk Extreme PRO finally bring a true high-end NVMe SSD to Western Digital's consumer product lines. Western Digital has...
70 by Ganesh T S & Billy Tallis on 4/5/2018
Western Digital Announces Client NVMe SSDs With New In-House Controllers
Western Digital has announced their first client NVMe SSDs with their SanDisk 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. These drives are also the first to feature Western Digital's new in-house NVMe...
11 by Billy Tallis on 2/28/2018
Western Digital Demos SD Card with PCIe x1 Interface, 880 MB/s Read Speed
BARCELONA, ESP — Western Digital demonstrated an experimental SD card featuring a PCIe Gen 3 x1 interface at Mobile World Congress. Meanwhile, the SD Card Association is calling upon...
26 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2018
HGST Ultrastar 7K6 & 7K8 Enterprise HDDs: Up to 8 TB, 9th Gen PMR
This week Western Digital has introduced a new breed of HGST-branded server-class hard drives targeting “mainstream” applications that require 24/7 availability as well as enterprise-grade reliability and performance, but...
2 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2018
Western Digital Introduces New Portable Flash Solutions, Brings Alexa Support to the My Cloud Home NAS
LAS VEGAS, NV — At CES 2018, Western Digital introduced some new products and feature updates to existing ones across both their SanDisk and WD brand of external storage...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/9/2018
Western Digital to Use RISC-V for Controllers, Processors, Purpose-Built Platforms
Western Digital recently announced plans to use the RISC-V ISA across its existing product stack as well as for future products that will combine processing and storage. The company...
10 by Anton Shilov on 12/14/2017
Western Digital, Toshiba And Bain Capital Settle Disputes Over Sale Of Toshiba Memory
Western Digital announced in a press conference this afternoon that they have reached a settlement agreement with Toshiba over Western Digital's objections to the sale of Toshiba's stake in...
11 by Billy Tallis on 12/12/2017
Toshiba Commercializes SDK’s 9th Gen PMR, Tech Enables 14 TB PMR HDDs in 2018
Toshiba recently started to ship its single-platter 1 TB 2.5”/7 mm hard drives in the HDD market for notebooks. The drive is based on Showa Denko K.K.’s (SDK) 9th...
9 by Anton Shilov on 11/20/2017
Western Digital Now Shipping 14 TB HDDs: HGST Ultrastar Hs14 with 1000 Gb/in2
Western Digital has started to ship its new HGST Ultrastar Hs14 hard drives, promoted as being suitable for cloud datacenters and for hyperscale developments. The capacity increase from its...
34 by Anton Shilov on 11/1/2017
Western Digital Stuns Storage Industry with MAMR Breakthrough for Next-Gen HDDs
Western Digital sprang a big surprise yesterday with the announcement of microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) as the foundation for the next generation of high-capacity hard drives. Hard drives...
129 by Ganesh T S on 10/12/2017
SanDisk Launches SD and microSD for Industrial and Automotive: Extreme Temps, Upped Reliability
Western Digital has introduced its new SanDisk Automotive and SanDisk Industrial memory cards for specialized applications. The new cards can work in extreme temperatures for prolonged amounts of time...
8 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2017
Toshiba To Proceed With Sale Of Memory Business To Consortium
The latest and possibly final round of bidding for Toshiba's memory business concluded today with Toshiba's board selecting a consortium led by private equity firm Bain Capital as the...
12 by Billy Tallis on 9/20/2017
Western Digital Ships 12 TB WD Gold HDD: 8 Platters and Helium
Western Digital has begun to ship its WD Gold HDD with 12 TB capacity to partners and large retailers. The 3.5” drive relies on the same platform as the...
63 by Anton Shilov on 9/16/2017
One Design, Two Products: The SanDisk Ultra 3D (1TB) and WD Blue 3D (1TB) SSD Reviews, with BiCS 3D NAND
The first 3D NAND SSDs from Western Digital and its SanDisk subsidiary have arrived. The same mainstream SATA SSD with 3D TLC is being sold under two names, but...
52 by Billy Tallis on 9/14/2017
Western Digital Launches SanDisk iXpand Base SD-Based Storage for iPhone with Backup Capability
Western Digital has introduced its new SanDisk iXpand Base storage solution for Apple iOS-based devices. Just like the SanDisk iXpand flash drive launched several years ago, the new device...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/6/2017
Western Digital Launches SanDisk Ultra microSD Card with 400 GB Capacity
Today Western Digital is taking the wraps off of the industry’s first microSDXC card with a 400 GB capacity. The card is aimed at Google Android-based smartphones or tablets...
18 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2017
Western Digital Launches New My Book Duo Storage Systems: 360 MB/s, USB-C, 20 TB
Western Digital has released its new My Book Duo external storage systems for consumers. The new devices run two 3.5” WD Red HDDs in RAID 0 or 1 mode...
7 by Anton Shilov on 8/25/2017
Western Digital’s 3D TLC-Based SanDisk Ultra 3D SSDs Now Available
Western Digital has started to ship its SanDisk Ultra 3D drives based on 3D TLC NAND memory. The drives, which were formally introduced nearly two months ago, are identical...
19 by Anton Shilov on 8/4/2017
Western Digital Announces Four Bit Per Cell 64-Layer 3D NAND Flash
Western Digital's SanDisk subsidiary and Toshiba have a long history of jointly developing and manufacturing NAND flash memory. While that relationship has been strained by Toshiba's recent financial troubles...
35 by Billy Tallis on 7/25/2017
Toshiba's 768Gb 3D QLC NAND Flash Memory: Matching TLC at 1000 P/E Cycles?
Toshiba last week announced its first 3D NAND flash memory chips featuring QLC (quadruple level cell) BiCS architecture. The new components feature 64 layers and developers of SSDs and...
37 by Anton Shilov on 7/3/2017
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