Post by account_disabled on Jan 29, 2024 6:14:24 GMT
Seagate announced this week that it had begun the first commercial revenue shipments of its next-generation HAMR hard drives, which are being shipped out as part of Seagate's latest Corvault storage systems. This commercialization marks an important milestone in the HDDs market, as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is expected to enable hard drives with capacities of 50 TB and beyond. Meanwhile, HDDs employing perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) and shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technologies are expected to remain on the market for the foreseeable future. " We shipped our first Corvault HAMR system for earnings, which was planned for the June quarter, " said Gianluca Romano, chief financial officer of Seagate, at the company's earnings call. " We expect wider availability of these CORVAULT systems by the end of calendar 2023. " Seagate officially revealed in early June that its first HAMR-based HDDs will have a capacity of 32 TB and use the familiar 10-plate platform. Meanwhile, the company declined to release specific details about the capacity of the HAMR hard drives used in these Corvault revenue systems. In addition to the Corvault systems, Seagate also sent its HAMR hard drives to key hyperscaler customers for testing and evaluation.
Hyperscalers are expected to benefit from capacity points greater than 30 TB due to their extensive storage requirements. Although with the new technology at hand, as well as slightly higher requirements for HAMR drives than standard PMR and SMR hard drives, hyperscalers also play it safe and check the drives to ensure consistent performance. Seagate's initial 32 TB HAMR hard drives will use the Country Email List company's 10-platter platform, a system already proven and currently in use. Using an established platform, Seagate effectively mitigates numerous potential points of failure, potentially ensuring predictable production yield. This is smart, given the introduction of new media and writing heads with its HAMR hard drives. The same 10-platter platform is expected to be used for 36 TB, 40 TB, and even larger-capacity hard drives in the future with as few alterations as possible. " [We are] delivering on our 30+ TB HAMR product development and qualification milestones.
with volume ramp on track to begin in early calendar 2024," said Dave Mosley, chief executive officer of Seagate. " [… ] Initial customer qualifications are well ahead are going We are on track to start ramping up in early calendar year 2024. We are also working with more customers to develop specifications, including testing lower capacity drives aimed at VIA and enterprise OEM workloads. " Although mass production of HAMR hard drives will begin in about half a year, Seagate also confirmed its plans for the next generation of PMR and SMR hard drives during the call. These HDDs are aimed at customers who are not yet ready to switch to HAMR technology. According to Seagate, they plan to introduce 24TB+ drives featuring PMR technology with two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) read heads and SMR+TDMR in the near future.
Hyperscalers are expected to benefit from capacity points greater than 30 TB due to their extensive storage requirements. Although with the new technology at hand, as well as slightly higher requirements for HAMR drives than standard PMR and SMR hard drives, hyperscalers also play it safe and check the drives to ensure consistent performance. Seagate's initial 32 TB HAMR hard drives will use the Country Email List company's 10-platter platform, a system already proven and currently in use. Using an established platform, Seagate effectively mitigates numerous potential points of failure, potentially ensuring predictable production yield. This is smart, given the introduction of new media and writing heads with its HAMR hard drives. The same 10-platter platform is expected to be used for 36 TB, 40 TB, and even larger-capacity hard drives in the future with as few alterations as possible. " [We are] delivering on our 30+ TB HAMR product development and qualification milestones.
with volume ramp on track to begin in early calendar 2024," said Dave Mosley, chief executive officer of Seagate. " [… ] Initial customer qualifications are well ahead are going We are on track to start ramping up in early calendar year 2024. We are also working with more customers to develop specifications, including testing lower capacity drives aimed at VIA and enterprise OEM workloads. " Although mass production of HAMR hard drives will begin in about half a year, Seagate also confirmed its plans for the next generation of PMR and SMR hard drives during the call. These HDDs are aimed at customers who are not yet ready to switch to HAMR technology. According to Seagate, they plan to introduce 24TB+ drives featuring PMR technology with two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) read heads and SMR+TDMR in the near future.