‘Western Digital and Kioxia discuss possible merger’
Drive manufacturers Western Digital and Kioxia are discussing a possible merger, according to a Bloomberg report based on insider sources.
Western Digital and Kioxia already collaborate in the field of flash chips. Insider sources told Bloomberg that the companies are considering a more signif... Read more
Samsung and Western Digital are developing Zoned Storage standards
Samsung and Western Digital (WD) are collaborating on standards for storage technology. The first step is an ecosystem for Zoned Storage solutions.
A standard allows systems and solutions to be supported by a wide range of vendors. End users can invest in technology without fearing vendor lock-... Read more
Western Digital launches the WD Red Pro 20TB for NAS servers
Western Digital introduces the WD Red Pro 20TB, one of the largest hard drives for NAS servers.
A capacity of 20TB is decent, but not a first. In late 2021, Western Digital launched two 20TB versions of the WD Gold and WD Ultrastar DC HC560. Both drives were designed for large enterprise users a... Read more
Western Digital introduces 20TB OptiNAND Data Center HDD
Using its recently developed OptiNAND technology, Western Digital introduces two hard disk drives (HDDs) for data center environments. The Ultrastar and Gold HDDs should provide data centers with significant storage reliability and capacity.
Western Digital (WD) has been optimizing its HDDs for ... Read more
Western Digital reinvents (hybrid) HDD
Western Digital manufactures both "traditional" hard disk drives (HDD) and flash drives. Nobody else in the market does this. So it makes pretty good sense for it to bring a hybrid drive to market. However, it is a fundamentally different hybrid drive than we have seen before.
The concept of the... Read more
Analysts point out challenges in Western Digitals plan to buy Kioxia
A possible Western Digital-Kioxia merger could create a NAND memory chipmaking company to rival Samsung. However, analysts question whether Kioxia investors will accept the terms of the $20-billion deal, which Western Digital wants to pay in all stocks.
There will be no cash provided to Kioxia, ... Read more
‘WD in talks with Kioxia about a possible $20-billion merger’
Data storage company Western Digital's shares jumped 7.8% today after the Wall Street Journal published a report that the company is in merger talks with Kioxia, a leading flash memory manufacturer.
The deal could be worth more than $20 billion, according to WSJ's sources. The sources say that W... Read more
Seagate is still the king of HDDs, Western Digital is closing gap
In Q2 2021, HDDs have shown a positive dynamic after underperforming in recent years. The big three HDD suppliers (Western Digital, Toshiba, Seagate) shipped a record 350.7 exabytes. The demand mainly came from exascale data centers, operators, and Chia miners.
Seagate is still at the top of the... Read more
Sandisk Professional brand launched by Western Digital
During the Flash Perspective event earlier today, Western Digital announced the partnership with Percona, but also launched an entire new business-focused product line-up. It introduced Sandisk Professional. This new brand is primarily aimed at the creative professional.
Sandisk Professional is... Read more
Western Digital and Percona improve MySQL performance by factor of three
During its own Flash Perspective Event, Western Digital has just announced a partnership with Percona. This consists of linking Percona's open-source MySQL database and Western Digital's Zoned Storage technology. This should yield significant performance gains under the belt.
The idea behind the... Read more