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EIDR, WD Execs: SMPTE’s C4 ID Complements EIDR ID
The Key to Unstructured Data Performance (Western Digital Blog)
Object storage has most often been selected for unstructured data due to cost considerations for unstructured data, such as video, audio, sensor data, emails, IoT etc. is growing m... More
Western Digital, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering Collaborate to Accelerate Genomics Sequencing (HITS)
Western Digital, the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering announced today that they have entered into a multi-year, joint research and development agre... More
Western Digital Launches SSD Storage with a Heat Sink for Gamers (Venture Beat)
Now they’re even putting heat sinks on storage cards. Western Digital is announcing its new WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD (solid state drive) for the PC gaming market. The PC-based sec... More
CES 2019: Azure Giving LG an AI Bump; Western Digital Brings New Hardware
LAS VEGAS — It was a beyond busy week for TiVo at CES, with two new announcements coming during the middle of the show. The entertainment technology and audience insights spe... More
Western Digital Plans First 16GB MAMR HDDs in 2019 (Extreme Tech)
The first 16TB drives will use eight platters, with 18TB drives also forecast to arrive this year. Western Digital intends to adopt multi-actuator technology as well. Using multipl... More
6 Trends Shaping the Next Generation of Data Infrastructure (Western Digital Blog)
4. Fast Data. The biggest concern for many IT teams has been tackling the growth of data. However, big data is now getting faster, and we’re seeing a rapid rise in the need for f... More
WD, 451 Research Report: Unstructured Data Management Remains Major Challenge
Unstructured data management remains one of the largest challenges facing the enterprise technology sector, according to the second annual Western Digital (WD)/451 Research Group r... More
Western Digital Will Open Source SweRV RISC-V CPU Designs, Tools (Tech Republic)
Western Digital, an early adopter and vocal proponent of RISC-V, announced plans to open source their implementation of the RISC-V ISA and associated development resources, providi... More
Top Machine Learning Trends: The Path to Realization (Western Digital Blog)
Machine Learning was a concept that existed for decades. Yet only recent advancements in software, processing and massive, rich datasets have made it a reality. It’s no longer ju... More
Western Digital’s New 15TB Hard Drive is the Biggest One Ever Made (The Verge)
Step aside, boring 14TB hard drives. There’s a new storage champion in town: Western Digital has announced a new 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 HDD that takes the crown as the biggest h... More
Western Digital Expands Its Surveillance Storage, Analytics Portfolio (Storage Review)
Western Digital announced that it has expanded its portfolio for surveillance with new storage and analytics options. The company has expanded the capacity of the previously announ... More
Western Digital Enables Advanced Automotive Systems with New 3D NAND UFS Embedded Flash Drive (HITS)
Addressing the demand of advanced automotive systems such as Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles, Western Digital has introduced the first 3D TLC NAND... More
Seven Reasons Broadcasters are Flipping the Data Pipeline on its Head (Western Digital Blog)
Film, broadcast and CDN media workflows are incredibly complex. And they are getting even more so. With higher resolutions, greater ratios, and increased number of deployed cameras... More
A New Breakthrough for Main Memory Scale-Out (Western Digital Blog)
Storage Class Memory has been proposed as a cost-effective enabling technology for large-scale in-memory compute problems. However, to enable such systems at massive scale, we need... More
WD Touts New My Passport Ultra Portable Drive at Pepcom Product Showcase
NEW YORK – Western Digital (WD) used Pepcom’s product showcase for media Sept. 20 to unveil a new version of its My Passport Ultra portable drive that’s equipped with USB-C t... More
Western Digital, Toshiba Memory Partner on 3D Flash Memory Facility in Japan
Western Digital and Toshiba Memory have cut the ribbon on a new facility in Yokkaichi, Japan, one dedicated to the development of flash memory manufacturing, the companies announce... More
The Tech Enabling the MMO Gaming Experience (Western Digital Blog)
MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) Gaming is big business. In 2017, an estimated $30 billion USD was spent on MMO gaming. That number is projected to grow even further. Players loc... More
How Hybrid Cloud Analytics Can Improve Your ROI (Western Digital Blog)
The public cloud has changed computing forever. It moves information technology into a world of utility where compute and storage are available as needed – easy to implement and ... More
Why the ‘Digital Storage’ Growth Story Has Just Begun (Tech Wire Asia)
Storage is a growing market driven by several factors. Businesses are most likely able to understand this from the sheer volume of data that they produce on a daily basis versus a ... More