IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap Projects The Future Of Digital Storage Technologies

The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap shows a path to digital storage technologies supporting AI workloads to the long-term preservation of human knowledge and experience.

2026 SNIA SDC Developments In CXL, Inference Storage, PQC And DNA Storage

The 2026 SNIA Storage Developers Conference included discussion on many storage topics, including SSDs, CXL, HDD, post-quantum encryption and DNA storage.

MRAM At The SNIA SDC And 10 Years Since The Everspin IPO

MRAM is playing a bigger role in servers with its CXL demonstration at the 2026 SNIA SDC. MRAM was there and it is celebrating 10 years of success since its IPO in 2016.

Toshiba Will Double HDD Manufacturing Capacity By 2027

Toshiba’s plan to increase their HDD production 2X by 2027 breaks with Seagate and WD and could give them a 30% shipped capacity market share by the end of the decade.

WD And Seagate Showed High Capacity Storage At The AI Infra Summit

Seagate was showing storage with physical AI and some 44TB HAMR drives and WD talked about their HDD roadmap at the 2026 AI Infra Summit.

SNIA Forms Long-Term Access, Storage And Technology Group To Save History

SNIA formed a new community working to collaboratively develop a resilient, interoperable framework for the long-term preservation of digital information.

Seniors Worldwide Start To Outnumber Children More Rapidly Than Previously Thought

Seniors 65 years old and over have been outnumbering children aged 5 or under across the world since 2023, the Census Bureau reports. Changes likes these are picking up speed, while demographers try to catch up.

LTO Tape Shipments Look Like They Will Reach Record Exabyte Levels In 2026

LTO exabyte shipments look like they could reach record levels in 2026 based upon Q1 2026 year over year shipment increases, driven by AI workload storage demand

Google Tapping A $350 Million Solar Plant Powered With Zinc Batteries

Its data centers will be the main customers for a grid-connected solar and battery plant that blends lithium packs for short-term use with 10-hour zinc modules.

When Countries Change Their Names

Only a handful of impromptu country name changes were requested at the United Nations since its inception. Most, but not all, have tackled colonial legacies.