And Seagate Technology expects its sales to remain strong in fiscal 2019.
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The companys HDD exabyte (EB) shipments also rose 29% on year in fiscal 2018.
It is known to all thatSSD( Solid State Drive) provides better performance and reliability over an HDD.
Solid state drives (SSDs) use flash memory to deliver superior performance and durability.
They are faster than HDD and more efficient.
And nowadays, more and more PC users opt for SSD due to their fast speed.
As SSD has many advantages over HDD, many PC users haveswitched their system disk from HDD to SSD.
The executive believes that Seagate will benefit from a partnership with Bain Capital to acquire Toshibas semiconductor unit.
This is one of the biggest disadvantages of a solid-state drive.
Compared with a solid-state drive, a hard disk drive with a similar storage capacity could be much cheaper.
Recently Seagate just released its 14TB Exos X14 HDDs.
Seagate is always known for the advancement of HDD products.
Teh said the new technology will be implemented in Seagates Exos Enterprise HDDs in the near future.
The mass production of HAMR-based HDDs is expected to start at 2020, and its initial capacity is 20TB.
