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253 Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs

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msmash @ Slashdot · 02/05/2026 11:45 EDT

Western Digital Plots a Path To 140 TB Hard Drives Using Vertical Lasers and 14-Platter Designs

Western Digital this week laid out a roadmap that stretches its 3.5-inch hard drive platform to 14 platters and pairs it with a new vertical-emitting laser for heat-assisted magnetic recording, a combination the company says will push individual drive capacities beyond 140 TB in the 2030s.

The vertical laser, developed over six years and already working in WD's labs, emits light straight down onto the disk rather than from the edge, delivering more thermal energy while occupying less vertical space -- ena

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