Both companies recently held investor days, and while Sandisk teased a 1PB SSD and a flash replacement ... Magnetic Recording (HDMR), targeting over 100TB capacities. By 2026, Western Digital ...

Western Digital expects it to arrive sometime in the next decade, at which point it will enable HDDs with capacities well over 100TB. Interestingly, the latest iteration of Western Digital's ...

HAMR, which lowers magnetic resistance by heating the drive, allows data to be written in smaller, more stable bits and will likely to be a key factor in HDDs reaching 100TB capacities.

HAMR will enable the company to build 80TB–100TB HDDs by 2030. Western Digital's first HAMR-based HDDs will be introduced sometime in 2026, with a 36TB capacity for conventional magnetic ...