HDD Trends for 2025: A Comprehensive Outlook

Hard disk drives, or HDDs, are a well-established technology for storing data that have been around for a long time. In this article, our author Rainer W. Kaese reviews his predictions from last year, and evaluates the potentials and challenges for HDD storage technology in the future.

Toshiba’s outlook for 2025 includes a strategic focus on cost-effective capacity enhancements, the adoption of SMR technology, increased recycling efforts, and catering to the burgeoning demand from AI, surveillance, and consumer sectors such as gaming and media production. The company also recognises the growing importance of closer customer engagement and building a robust storage ecosystem with other component manufacturers.

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