The Latest Breaking News from WD

You win some, you lose some. Or in this case, you lose quite a lot.

When Western Digital introduced its Ultrastar DC SN861 SSDs earlier this year, the company did not disclose which controller it used for these drives, which made many observers presume that WD was using an in-house controller. But a recent teardown of the drive shows that is not the case; instead,…

WD infringed on IP to boost HDD areal density more than threefold, it was claimed.

Western Digital's BiCS8 218-layer 3D NAND is being put to good use in a wide range of client and enterprise platforms, including WD's upcoming Gen 5 client SSDs and 128 TB-class datacenter SSD. On the external storage front, the company demonstrated four different products: for card-based media, 4 TB microSDUC…

Portable SSDs have become the norm; however, there is still a place for large-capacity HDDs. The WD My Passport 6TB is a perfect example. It might not have the blistering speeds of its SSD rivals, but when it comes to capacity, no SSD at this price can match it.

The WD Black P40 Game Drive offers speedy external SSD storage for console and PC, though its high price means most would be better off with an external hard drive.

Western Digital's FMS 2024 demonstrations included a preview of their upcoming PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs for mobile workstations and consumer desktops. The Gen 5 client SSD market has been dominated by solutions based on Phison's E26 controller. The first generation products launched with slower NAND flash, while…

WD announced a raft of interesting new storage solutions at the FMS 2024, including an enterprise SSD with 128TB of high-capacity BiCS8 QLC flash, new SD cards in 8TB capacities, and a 16TB external SSD for consumers.

In an unexpected announcement during their quarterly earnings call this week, Western Digital revealed that it has begun sampling an upcoming 32TB hard drive. The nearline HDD is aimed at hyperscalers, and relies on a combination of Westen Digital's EAMR technology, as well as shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to…

Western Digital has quietly introduced an 8 TB version of its high-end SN850X SSD, doubling the top capacity of the well-regarded drive family. The new drive offers performance on par with other members of the range, but with twice as much capacity as the previous top-end model – and with…

WD has introduced a new 8TB option to its fast gaming NVMe SSD lineup, the SN850X series.