Western Digital, the American data storage company unveiled a new line of Solid State Drives utilising the NVMe technology. These drives promise higher throughputs as compared to the ubiquitous SATA drives. The new SSD range comprises of the WD Black SN750 NVMe and the WD Blue SN500 NVMe. The Black version is aimed at gamers and creative professionals with capacities of upto 2 TB. The Blue version is for more mainstream users who want a more efficient and faster computing experience. All variants of the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD are available at Amazon and WD’s network of over 1000 channel partners. To put into perspective just how fast these new NVMe SSDs will be, compare the read write speeds to those of a HDD or even SATA drives. HDDs max out at around 160 MB/s while SATA SSDs deliver a p...
New Delhi, October 19, 2016 – Western Digital Corporation (“Western Digital”) (NASDAQ: WDC), today announced contemporary and innovative redesigns of its iconic My Passport and My Book hard drive lines, which have been highly recognized leading sellers for more than a decade. The newly created cohesive design language is developed to help make a connection between the device and user, the new drives also include password protection and hardware encryption for customers to love their hard drive as much as they cherish the content stored on it. In partnership with fuseproject, an award-winning industrial design and branding firm, the reimagined products were built with the customer in mind. “Western Digital is leading with the idea that design can bring a personal touch to our digital life...
Hard Drives are an integral part of almost everyone’s lives. The first hard drive was shipped in 1956 and was 5MB at $10, 000 a megabyte and was the size of two refrigerators. In 1970, when General Digital Corporation (later renamed as Western Digital Corporation) was founded – it revolutionised everything a data storage device could be. From announcing the first single chip hard drive controller card setting an industry standard to being on the brink of launching their 1TB SDXC Card, Western Digital has been synonymous among every tech savvy individual. Recently the GC Crew had the opportunity to have a tête-à-tête with Khalid Wani, Director – Content Solutions Business, India, Middle East and Africa, Western Digital. The American computer data storage is one of the larg...