Seagate teases its first HAMR-based arduous drive

A brand new arduous drive based mostly on the long-promised heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) expertise is nearly right here. reported {that a} new gross sales web page popped up on the Seagate web site asserting a brand new (HDD) that includes 3TB per platter with thrice the ability effectivity per terabyte in comparison with different arduous drives.

The brand new arduous drive relies on Seagate’s new and is its first HDD to make use of HAMR. HAMR refers to a magnetic storage course of through which localized warmth is utilized to the disk materials throughout writing, which permits for smaller areas and extra space per platter. These and different breakthroughs might sometime pave the best way to a 50TB HDD. Right here’s a video from our Upscaled collection that breaks down your complete course of and what it means for the way forward for HDD storage.

There’s no official launch date but for the Exos M. You’ll be able to keep updated by electronic mail of its pending launch on .