US EditionTraditional Hard Drives Far From Obsolete, Says Western Digital CEO, and AI Is One Big Reason Why
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Traditional hard drives far from obsolete, says Western Digital CEO, and AI is one big reason why
Last Updated on October 3, 2025 Despite losing out to solid-state drives (SSDs) in terms of speed, efficiency, and even durability due to having physical moving parts, hard disk drives (HDDs) aren’t irrelevant. Many people may have moved away from traditional hard drives in favor of SSDs, but Western Digital CEO Irving Tan says hard ...
Irving Tan, CEO of WD, defended in Tokyo, after the division between SanDisk and them, that HDD remains the piece that sustains the economy of the data in the hyperscales and data centers of AI, and marked roadmap: 32 TB today, 36 TB in mid-2026 with ePMR and a jump to 44 TB with HAMR in the second half of 2027. The cost per terabyte, reliability and consumption by capacity command, and there HDD will not be eradicated by the AI, rather the oppo…
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