https://gridtochip.site/parts/memory-and-storage/hdd-nearline-object-tiers News and posts about HDD on GridToChip https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261023VL207/western-digital-data-storage-capacity-growth-price-toshiba.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:10:18 GMT Western Digital plans to increase pricing and density of its HDDs rather than building new capacity, relying on HAMR adoption while Toshiba aims to double its output. (DigiTimes) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261023VL206/western-digital-data-demand-capacity-gpu.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:59:00 GMT Western Digital stated that the demand for hard drives is sustained by multiple sources, including cloud services, model training, inference, and physical AI, rather than being solely reliant on the current AI compute spending. (DigiTimes) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261023VL201/western-digital-growth-demand-business-sales.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:31:05 GMT Western Digital reported a significant increase in its hard-drive business gross margin for the first quarter due to pricing and increased demand. (DigiTimes) https://www.eetimes.com/everspin-expands-mram-push-into-ai-servers-data-centers-satellite-systems Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:58:39 GMT Everspin's CEO discussed the potential use of MRAM technology in AI servers and data centers, especially in the context of NOR flash supply shortages. (EE Times) https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/sk-hynix-to-place-custom-tiny-cpu-cores-in-its-ssd-controllers-to-ease-arm-load-as-drive-speeds-rocket-each-h-tpu-reportedly-draws-2-5-percent-of-a-cpu-cores-power Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT SK hynix is introducing custom 'H-TPU' tiny processor cores into its enterprise SSD controllers to offload routine I/O tasks from Arm-based CPUs to improve performance. (Tom's Hardware) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261007VL221/samsung-testing-nand-dram-production.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:55:00 GMT Samsung is investing $4.08 billion to expand its memory chip manufacturing and testing capabilities in Vietnam. (DigiTimes) https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagate-and-toshiba-battle-for-tdks-hdd-head-business-a-critical-hard-drive-component-multi-billion-dollar-deal-threatens-sole-independent-supplier-as-shortages-intensify Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:20:00 GMT Seagate and Toshiba are competing to acquire the hard drive head business from TDK, a critical component for high-capacity storage. (Tom's Hardware) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261007VL200/seagate-toshiba-tdk-hdd-demand.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:50:06 GMT Seagate and Toshiba are reportedly competing to secure a supply of HDD head units from TDK, which are essential components for high-capacity AI storage. (DigiTimes) https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/toshiba-to-double-hdd-production-capacity-as-30tb-class-loom-65tb-100tb-drives-on-the-roadmap-for-2030-and-beyond Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:45 GMT Toshiba is planning to double its hard disk drive production capacity to address significant supply shortages. (Tom's Hardware) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20261002VL202/toshiba-demand-production-hdd-data.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:41:27 GMT Toshiba is reportedly doubling its hard disk drive production to meet the surging storage demands driven by artificial intelligence. (DigiTimes) https://news.skhynix.com/en/tsmc-oip-conference-2026 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:23:44 GMT SK hynix presented its next-generation memory portfolio and development strategies at the TSMC OIP Conference. (newsroom:sk-hynix) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260921VL211/sk-hynix-dram-3d-design-ip.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 06:02:43 GMT SK Hynix is advancing next-generation 3D DRAM by integrating logic design to separate memory processing from control circuits, enabling optimized manufacturing. (DigiTimes) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260917PD213/capacity-demand-2026-2027-market.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:51:36 GMT Memory manufacturers are aggressively locking up capacity through long-term supply agreements (LTAs), with Kioxia having 50% and Micron around 60% of its capacity tied up. (DigiTimes) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260916PD241/sk-hynix-intel-usa-manufacturing-production-investment.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:07:16 GMT SK Hynix is planning to establish its first US memory chip manufacturing facility and is discussing potential operational arrangements with Intel in Ohio. (DigiTimes) https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260910PD202/exports-taiwan-electronics-2025-ai-server.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:23:08 GMT Taiwan reported that electronic parts exports reached a record high of $32.22 billion in August 2026, with integrated circuits and printed circuit boards seeing significant growth. (DigiTimes) https://news.skhynix.com/en/sk-hynix-charts-its-direction-at-the-2026-future-forum-now-is-the-golden-time-to-leap-forward Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:00:45 GMT SK hynix presented its future direction at the 2026 Future Forum, emphasizing the opportune timing for technological advancements. (newsroom:sk-hynix) https://news.skhynix.com/en/future-forum-2026-11 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:38:40 GMT SK hynix outlined its strategic direction for 2026, focusing on expanding memory solutions, particularly for storage and advanced data center needs. (newsroom:sk-hynix) https://gridtochip.site/blog/potd-2026-09-02-hdd-nearline-object-tiers Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Part of the day: HDD — what it does, why AI changes demand for it, and who makes it.