Coming in Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader EKWB RGB heatsinks

Seagate has announced its new special-edition Star Wars FireCuda NVMe SSDs, coming in 1TB and 2TB capacities. These are special-edition versions of Seagate's FireCuda 530 NVMe PCIe 4 SSDs. The lightsaber-themed heatsink comes from EK Water Blocks and looks pretty cool.

Some are more reliable than others

While most of the world only uses HDs for long term data storage tasks, some of them might not be fit for the purpose.

Study concludes that it is not just how you use it

A new report claims that when it comes to drive stability and avoiding failure -- the bigger the better.

Higher capacity increased performance

Seagate has quietly expanded its family of dual-actuator Exos Mach.2 hard drives.

We don't need no US permission

Seagate has denied allegations by the US Department of Commerce that it flouted export controls by illegally supplying storage devices to Huawei, saying that it did not need permission.

Platter maker thinks it can hit its target

The company which makes HD platters said that it expects to "realise near-line HDD having storage capacity of more than 30TB" by the end of 2023.

Its HAMR time

Seagate said that it is already working on 2nd generation HAMR drives with 30TB capacity.

Phison controller and Micron's 3D TLC NAND

During SG1, Seagate has unveiled its latest flagship SSD, the FireCuda PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD, reaching a sequential performance of up to 7,300/6,900 MB/s, thanks to Phison controller and 176L 3D TLC NAND.

Only 2077 to be made

Seagate has launched the new Cyberpunk 2077-themed FireCuda 520 SSD, featuring PCIe 4.0 interface, a custom RGB Cyberpunk 2077 heatsink, and a 1TB capacity.

Mach 2 available for enterprises

Seagate's dual-actuator hard drive, the Mach.2, is now "available to select customers."