The three remaining hard drive manufacturers, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital, are each pursuing distinct technological strategies to increase storage capacity, aiming for 100TB drives and zettabyte-scale data storage. Despite the rise of SSDs, HDDs are seeing renewed demand, particularly from AI and traditional data centers, with unit sales showing stable growth. Seagate is currently leading with its HAMR technology, while Toshiba and Western Digital are employing FC-MAMR and ePMR technologies respectively. AI
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IMPACT Confirms continued demand for high-capacity HDDs in AI data centers, influencing storage infrastructure development.
RANK_REASON Article details the distinct technological roadmaps of the three major HDD manufacturers for high-capacity storage, driven by data center demand.
