SMR hard drives have become a lot more common in the entry-level HDD sector, and that’s a trend I’m particularly salty about. Thanks to their higher storage density, HDDs leveraging the ...

The bloom is on solid state drives that are faster and more reliable, use less energy and are quieter than their geriatric brethren -- hard disk drives. But it's way too soon to say goodbye to HDDs.

Western Digital recently held an investor day, with a primary focus on how it intends to supercharge hard ... SMR. “We’re targeting the latter half of 2026 for the release of 40TB drives ...