Toshiba Plans to Sample 18TB MAMR HDD by the End of the Year

Recently an announcement from Showa Denko K.K.

Read this news to learn more about this Toshiba 18TB MAMR HDD.

With an SSD, you’re free to enjoy the fast performance.

However, for mechanical hard disks, they are attractive due to the large capacity.

It is reported that Showa Denko K.K.

And this company plans to ship platters to Toshiba.

And Toshiba will sample the new 18TB MAMR HDD by end of this year.

Toshiba 18TB MAMR HDD Will Be Shipping

This move is a shift for Toshiba.

As you know, earlier this year,Toshiba has released a 16TB CMR hard drive.

As to MAMR, the technology uses microwave oscillators onmagnetic headsto boost the recording capacity of a disk.

And the new 3.5-inch platters from SDK offer 2TB capacity and a new magnetic recording layer.

Using microwaves can lower the coercivity of the magnetic recording layer.

SDK has not confirmed whether the disk substrate for its 2TB media is glass or aluminum.

For Toshiba and its users, this means predictable reliability and pricing.

According to SDK, Toshiba plans to use nine 2TB platters for the 18TB MAMR nearline HDD.

Note that this is an educated guess rather than an official confirmation.

As a provider of HDD platters, SDK naturally doesnt reveal any information about Toshiba 18TB MAMR hard disk.

Toshiba hasnt disclosed much information about its plans.

Besides, there hasnt been any information about the pricing for the drive.