As previously reported, NAND flash shipments in the third quarter of 2022 declined 6.7% quarter-over-quarter, with average selling prices dropping 18.3% and total revenue amounting to approximately $13.71 billion, a 24.3% decline. Recently, TrendForce...
Recently, TrendForce released its latest market research report, showing that the quarter-on-quarter decline in enterprise SSD prices widened to 25% in the fourth quarter of 2022, with total revenue for the quarter at only...
Western Digital announced the expansion of its WD Book line of desktop hard drives. The single-bay My Book is now available in 22TB of storage, while the dual-bay My Book Duo is now available...
The memory semiconductor market has been very sluggish recently. With weak demand and high inventory levels, Western Digital, as the world’s fourth largest NAND flash memory manufacturer, is determined to reduce the production of...
Recently, Western Digital launched its first dual-actuator mechanical hard drive, called the Ultrastar DC HS760. The new hard drive not only has a larger capacity but also has higher performance. The dual actuators make...
Western Digital and Kioxia have partnered in the storage field for more than 20 years, during which time they jointly invested in the R&D and production of NAND flash memory. The respective product lines...
With the weak market demand and the change in storage technology, HDD shipments have been showing a downward trend. The latest HDD shipment report recently shows that HDD shipments almost halved in 2022, and...
About half a year ago, Kioxia announced that it had reached an agreement with Western Digital to jointly invest in the Fab 7 factory in Yokkaichi. Both Kioxia and Western Digital are very satisfied...
Recently, storage service provider BackBlaze compiled data from April 2013 to March 2022, summarizing four capacities of 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, and 14TB, as well as a variety of hard drives from Hitachi, Seagate, Toshiba,...
Western Digital announced that it has launched a variety of 22TB hard drives, targeting three key areas: the WD Gold series for data centers; the WD Red Pro series for NAS; and the WD...
Previously, Micron announced its NAND flash memory plan, saying that it will launch the industry’s first 232-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory, and is preparing to start production of the flash memory chip in...
Some time ago, Kioxia confirmed that the plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan will be expanded to build a new Fab 2 factory, which will focus on the production of BiCS Flash. The expansion...
Recently, Samsung and Western Digital signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the next-generation Data Placement, Processing, and Fabrics (D2PF) storage technology standard and are committed to promoting the widespread use of...
Western Digital NAS HDD is a product specially designed for NAS systems, and relevant optimizations have been made for this purpose. Recently, Western Digital put its latest 20TB NAS HDD product on the page,...
Flash-memory makers seem to have faced power outages, fires, and floods. Western Digital’s latest problem is the potential for contamination of raw materials. Earlier, we mentioned that the Yokkaichi and Kitakami factories in Japan...
