That's a bit of a shame. I was rather hoping for continuing upgrades to laptop internal storage via new HDDs. As things currently stand, modern laptop offerings seem to top out at 2TB whether its SSD or HDD storage.Reply
Laptop HDDs top out at 2 platters in standard configuration; unless Helium fill would allow adding a third that means a larger size would probably need a 50% increase in platter density to make a 3TB drive.
I think we're finally getting close though. 3.5" platters have about 2x the area, so a 10 platter 30TB 3.5" drive would theoretically have enough areal density to make a 2 platter 2.5" 3TB drive. Toshiba recently announced a 10 platter 32 TB HAMR SMR and 11 platter 31 TB MAMR SMR models with the expectation of a 2025 availability. A non-SMR version of the former would probably be 28 or 29TB in size.Reply
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meacupla - Thursday, May 16, 2024 - link
To think that 6~10 months ago, you could buy a budget 4TB NVMe drive for roughly the same price. Replyballsystemlord - Thursday, May 16, 2024 - link
That's a bit of a shame. I was rather hoping for continuing upgrades to laptop internal storage via new HDDs. As things currently stand, modern laptop offerings seem to top out at 2TB whether its SSD or HDD storage. ReplyDanNeely - Thursday, May 16, 2024 - link
Laptop HDDs top out at 2 platters in standard configuration; unless Helium fill would allow adding a third that means a larger size would probably need a 50% increase in platter density to make a 3TB drive.I think we're finally getting close though. 3.5" platters have about 2x the area, so a 10 platter 30TB 3.5" drive would theoretically have enough areal density to make a 2 platter 2.5" 3TB drive. Toshiba recently announced a 10 platter 32 TB HAMR SMR and 11 platter 31 TB MAMR SMR models with the expectation of a 2025 availability. A non-SMR version of the former would probably be 28 or 29TB in size. Reply