Seagate is on track to ramp up production of its first 32TB hard drive based on its heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology in early 2024 and then initiate mass production of 40TB+ HDDs roughly two years after, according to the company's financial report last week.
"We also expect to begin aggressively ramping 3TB per disk products based on HAMR technology in early calendar 2024," said Dave Mosley, chief executive of Seagate, in a call with financial analysts and investors. "These drives deliver capacity starting at 30 terabytes and offer customers the same flexibility to adopt either CMR or SMR configurations to further boost aerial density into the mid-30TB range."
