Hard drives have long utilized small bits of cache memory to boost performance, and some recent hybrid hard drives already combine up to 256MB of NAND flash memory with traditional platter-based ...

Intel’s first consumer-grade 3D Xpoint memory solution is going on sale this week. First unveiled in March, Intel Optane Memory is basically a small solid state drive using a new type of memory ...

Moving the head takes a lot longer than waiting for the sector to come around. So low seek times (the time to move the head) are critical to good disk performance. Access time (time to find a sector) ...

Yesterday, we noted the new iMacs featuring Sandy Bridge processors and Thunderbolt technology came with an option in the Apple Store’s online configuration page to pack a hybrid Serial ATA Drive + ...

Hard disk drives are often written off as legacy tech, but a closer look at what is still on sale tells a different story. After compiling a detailed list of 167 of the best hard disk drives worth ...

The main points one needs to know about the Hard Disk Drives are as follows: Hard disks contain several disks that rotate and as many heads that move forward and backward on each disk to read/write ...

As fast and in some cases faster than Seagate’s pricier 12TB offerings, but as affordable as its rival’s cheaper 12TB drives. That’s a win/win situation when you’re shopping for a high-capacity hard ...