Toshibafor the next five years hard disk drive outlined the roadmap. In addition to increasing the number of platters per drive, the company hopes to rapidly increase the capacity of its HDDs by adopting next-generation recording technologies.
The closest plan of the company, 26TB This means that it will offer a hard drive by the end of fiscal year 2022, 14 months from now. Meanwhile, by 2027 Toshiba 40TB HDD announcement is planned.
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There are two ways to increase the capacity of the hard drive: using platters with higher areal recording density and/or installing more platters on an HDD. Traditionally, hard drive manufacturers use both methods. Currently Toshiba’s highest capacity HDDs, FC-MAMR It has nine aluminum plates using technology 18TB are products.
At the end of fiscal year 2022, which ends on March 31, 2023 (within the next 14 months), Toshiba MAS-MAMR technology will introduce its 26 TB HDD with 10 platters. The company will continue its aggressive pacing through the end of fiscal year 2024, which ends March 31, 2025, and plans to roll out a 30TB drive with 11 platters by that date.
However, starting from 30/35 TB, Toshiba has announced that it is expected to provide long-term evolution for HDDs. HAMR Considering switching to technology. Toshiba says it will allow HAMR to offer a hard drive with a capacity of over 40TB in fiscal year 2027 or about five years from now.
of Toshiba high capacity HDDs Its positioning based on magnetic recording technology appears to be a remarkable advance. However, it’s interesting to see if and when technologies like MAS-MAMR and/or HAMR will be used for consumer-grade HDDs.
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