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Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Western Digital Stock Will Climb or Sink?

Western Digital has outperformed the broader market over the past year, and Wall Street analysts remain optimistic about the stock's prospects.

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SanDisk announces the world’s first 8TB SD card – the biggest memory card we’ve ever seen

Western Digital sets a new benchmark for data storage with two huge memory cards: an 8TB SD card and a 4TB microSD card.

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Western Digital Previews M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Client SSDs: 15GBps at Under 7 Watts

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…

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Western Digital Teases 128 TB Enterprise SSD: BiCS8 3D QLC for AI Workloads

A week after Western Digital confirmed that it had begun sampling of its 64 TB SSDs for datacenters, the company has teased its next-generation product, a 128 TB solid-state drive at FMS 2024. For now, all we know about Western Digital's 128 TB SSD is that it uses the company's…

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WD announces enterprise 128TB SSD, 8TB SD cards, and a 16TB external SSD at FMS 2024

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.

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Western Digital: We Are Sampling 32TB SMR Hard Drives

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…

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Western Digital teams with storage startup to deliver Apple-inspired, Mac-proof storage solution that can scale to 560TB — Orico Data Matrix Ultra set to compete with ThunderBay Flex 8

Data Matrix Ultra is an Apple inspired storage solution that combines SSDs with Western Digital HDDs.

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Western Digital's Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know

Western Digital is all set to announce fiscal fourth-quarter results this month, and analysts are projecting a notable triple-digit earnings growth.

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Western Digital Adds 8TB Model to Popular High-End SN850X SSD Drive Family

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…

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SanDisk's ultra-rugged 6TB external hard drive is rain, dust, and crush resistant with FAST transfer performance

The G-DRIVE ArmorATD HDD is a rugged HDD that is not only rain and dust-resistant but also crush-resistant. Our review.

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Western Digital's new 6TB external hard drive is fantastic, but one of its two variants is even better than the other

Western Digital My Passport Ultra HDD now has a larger 6TB capacity and comes with security software. Our review.

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Samsung Joins The 60 TB SSD Club, Looking Forward To 120 TB Drives

Multiple companies offer high-capacity SSDs, but until recently, only one company offered high-performance 60 TB-class drives with a PCIe interface: Solidigm. As our colleagues from Blocks & Files discovered, Samsung quietly rolled out its BM1743 61.44 TB solid-state drive in mid-June and now envisions 120 TB-class SSDs based on the…

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Kioxia's High-Performance 3D QLC NAND Enables High-End High-Capacity SSDs

This week, Kioxia introduced its new 3D QLC NAND devices aimed at high-performance, high-capacity drives that could redefine what we typically expect from QLC-based SSDs. The components are 1 Tb and 2 Tb 3D QLC NAND ICs with a 3600 MT/s interface speed that could enable M.2-2230 SSDs with a…

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16TB M.2 SSDs will soon grace the market — Kioxia unveils 2Tb 3D QLC NAND to build bigger SSDs

Kioxia's latest 2Tb 3D QLC NAND enables the company and its partners to build ultra-fast SSDs with extremely high capacities in miniature form factors.

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WD quietly add uninspiring, entry-level SSD to its line up — available with a 4TB capacity, the Blue SN5000 is as bland as it can be but at least it is affordable

Western Digital has a new SSD that offers good speeds at a great price – with $10 off right now.

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WD drops NAND memory bombshell with massive 2Tb flash chips — designed to meet data center needs, they could bring about the new era of 100TB SSDs

Western Digital previewed the new BiCS8 2Tb QCL for investors, with 2 trillion bits on a fingertip.

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Western Digital Rolls Out Updated Budget WD Blue SN5000 SSDs, Adds 4TB Model

Western Digital expanded its WD Blue NVMe family of budget SSDs this week with the introduction of the the WD Blue SN5000 series, an updated lineup of SSDs that, among other things, adds a 4 TB model. Being budget drives, the SN5000 series is not going to be a performance…

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Western Digital just launched its next-gen NVMe SSD intended for creators and professionals

Western Digital has announced launched its next-gen NVMe SSD with capacities of up to 4TB. Learn all about it.

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Race for biggest SSD heats up as Western Digital pips Solidigm's 61.44TB monster, joins Samsung in announcing 64TB SSD for late 2024

Western Digital has announced an expanded Ultrastar DC SN655 SSD range, including a 64TB model out later this year.

Tom’s Hardware

WD unveils world's highest-capacity flash memory chip — 2Tb 3D QLC flash chips open the door to bigger and cheaper SSDs

High-capacity SSDs might get cheaper as Western Digital and Kioxia are prepping BiCS8 2Tb 3D QLC NAND devices.

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Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish on Western Digital Stock?

Western Digital has significantly outperformed the broader market over the past year and YTD, and Wall Street analysts are bullish about the stock’s prospects.

Tom’s Hardware

Western Digital rolls out new 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years: is 6TB the swan song for 2.5-inch hard drives?

Western Digital introduces a new capacity point for 2.5-inch HDDs for the first time in seven years.

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Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years

UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR platters The vast majority of laptops nowadays use solid-state drives, which is why the development of new, higher-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives has all but come to a halt. Or rather, it almost…

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It took 8 years to launch a 6TB laptop hard drive but I don't think I'll see a 7TB one — WD unexpectedly debuts 6TB 2.5-inch portable HDD that only adds an extra TB but at least it is not that expensive

WD introduces 6TB models to a range of its portable HDDs, including My Passport and SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD.

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Western Digital portable HDDs are now more appealing than ever thanks to new 6TB capacities in small form factors

Today, Western Digital announced new 6TB capacities for three of its existing portable HDD lines. This means that the company now offers the highest capacity in a 2.5-inch drive.

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